Lead-In Pier

The Lead-In Pier, designed by Robert Hutchison in 1836, is a single-storey, symmetrical sluice house with five bays located over the River Leven. It features five segmental-arched sluices that contain the original machinery. The structure has two lead-in piers extending to the north, constructed from coursed, squared rubble, and includes raised cills.

The sluice house is made of coursed rubble with darker margins around the window openings and has a band course above the sluices. A prominent central tympany gable is located on the south side. The northern section has original timber casement windows with lying panes, while the southern section has non-traditional replacement windows. The roof is piended and covered with grey slates.

Inside, as observed in 2011, the northern section retains original working cast iron sluice machinery made by Alexander Russell of Kirkcaldy. The interior features timber flooring, some timber panelling in the rooms, and cast iron fireplaces, one of which is tiled and has a timber fire surround.

The lead-in piers consist of a pair of straight, rubble-built structures with round end piers, bordering the intake channel that leads north from the sluice house into Loch Leven.