Sluice House, Clatto Reservoir, Dundee

Clatto Reservoir in Dundee was designed by engineers J & A Leslie in 1874. It is a near rectangular reservoir with gently sloping surfaces made of coursed whinstone rubble, situated on an earthen mound that features a central puddle. An ashlar-lined overflow channel with an original sluice gate runs from the center of the southern side.

The sluice house is located on an artificial mound at the head of the reservoir. This circular, single-storey structure is built of ashlar and features a block pedimented door, shuttered windows, and alternating ventilator slits. Although the interior has not been seen, it is likely to contain original valves and has a significant drop. The roof is conical and covered with slate, topped with a timber finial.

Near the sluice house, a square ashlar valve tower rises from the reservoir, complete with railings and what is likely the original mechanism. At the northwest of the site, there are cylindrical, dome-capped rock-faced rubble gatepiers, flanked by cast-iron barley-sugar railings. The gates are modern, and there are rubble-built coped boundary walls surrounding the site.