Casade, Weir And Sluice On River Beane About 30 Metres North Of Drive

WATTON-AT-STONE WOODHALL PARK TL 31 NW 4/212 Cascade, Weir and Sluice - on River Beane about 30m N of Drive GV II

Weir with sluice channelling River Beane onto cascade facing approach drive to Woodhall Park (q.v.). c.1780 by W Malcolm as part of landscaping of Park for Sir T Rumbold. Cascade face is irregular brick and stone with stepped setts on one side, overgrown and ruinous. Flanking low stock brick walls canted out to tumbling bay with gutter to left for sluiced water. Similar and lower canted stock brick walls upstream channel water over rendered weir, a central opening channels water into sluice. On weir are 2 panelled piers with pedimented heads dated 1933 supporting timber framework with a handle to gear mechanism to open and shut sluice gates.

Listing NGR: TL3136418277