Weir and sluice gates at NGR 2658 3497 approximately 450 metres north-west of Burley Mills is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1993. Weir and sluice gates.

Weir and sluice gates at NGR 2658 3497 approximately 450 metres north-west of Burley Mills

WRENN ID
veiled-plinth-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leeds
Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley MP: Alex Sobel (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 March 1993
Type
Weir and sluice gates
Address
Weir and sluice gates at NGR 2658 3497 approximately 450 metres north-west of Burley Mills, LS5 3AE
OS grid reference
SE 265 349
Coordinates
53.81036, -1.59772
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The weir and sluice gates, built around 1799 for Benjamin Gott, are located approximately 450 metres north-west of Burley Mills. Constructed from gritstone, the weir is about 30 metres wide and has a bowed shape, made of graded stone slabs. It features attached flanking walls made of edge-tooled blocks. The sluice has similar flanking walls and stonework that likely reflects two phases of construction. The sluice gate mechanism is probably a double form, although it is not currently in use. The weir was designed to create a head of water that could be directed down the goit of Burley Mills, which was also built by Gott in 1799, while the sluice gates regulated the amount of water reaching the mill wheels.

Local climate

Weir and sluice gates at NGR 2658 3497 approximately 450 metres north-west of Burley Mills receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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