Survey Data
Reg No
32403502
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Technical
Original Use
Hydroelectric power station
In Use As
Hydroelectric power station
Date
1900 - 1930
Coordinates
184785, 315575
Date Recorded
25/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-storey rendered turbine house, built c. 1915. L-plan, water wheel to east. Flat roof missing. Unpainted roughcast walling. Square-headed window openings, thin concrete sills, steel casement windows. Square-headed door opening, door missing. Cast-iron and steel water wheel. On north bank of Feorish River, Foyoges Bridge to west, steep river bank to north.
Appraisal
This water-wheel and turbine station is of historical and technical interest as an early example of localised hydro-electric power generation.