Water Siphon on Ovenden Beck to South of Old Lane Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1994. Water siphon.

Water Siphon on Ovenden Beck to South of Old Lane Mill

WRENN ID
quiet-remnant-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1994
Type
Water siphon
OS grid reference
SE 086 262
Coordinates
53.73289, -1.87063
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The water siphon on Ovenden Beck, located to the south of Old Lane Mill, dates from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed from large gritstone blocks and features a metal cover and grate. The structure includes a raised circle made of large, roughly dressed stone blocks, with an inner circle that has a circular metal cover resembling a cobweb. This covers a deep, stone-lined circular shaft that is fed by water from the north side, and there is a grate over the entrance to prevent debris from the stream from falling into the shaft. The siphon is situated at the south-east corner of a former reservoir, which has now been reduced to a stream. It is an impressive and unusual ancillary building associated with the mill.

Local climate

Water Siphon on Ovenden Beck to South of Old Lane Mill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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