Straining Well And Valve House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Valve house.

Straining Well And Valve House

WRENN ID: moated-corridor-violet
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Lake District National Park
Country: England
Date first listed: 8 August 1985
Type: Valve house
Source: Historic England listing

Description

NY 31 SW ST JOHNS CASTLERIGG & WYTHBURN THIRLMERE

21/101 Straining well and Valve House

Straining well and valve house for Thirlmere Reservoir. 1885-1894 by G.H. Hill (engineer), for Manchester Corporation Waterworks Committee. Coursed slate nibble walls, with red sandstone dressings and battlemented parapets. Circular tower with lower double rectangular valve house structures, forming overall V-shape. Mock castle-like building with plain openings and slit vents.

Listing NGR: NY3213814948

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