Building record 0420802066 - Water Wheel, Eleven Acre Lake, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Summary

Nineteenth century Pellton water wheel let into the dam of the Eleven Acre lake recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland

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  • WATER WHEEL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

The National Trust Survey of Stowe undertaken in 1989 noted a small (1.5m diameter) undershot Pellton water wheel at the bottom of a deep domed brick chamber below the retaining wall of the Eleven Acre Lake dam/cascade. The wheel is linked to a pump or generator at the top of the chamber. Formerly powered by a strong jet of water from the bottom of the lake (B13).

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  • ---SBC17422 Aerial Photograph: 04/09/76. BCM A2/11/20-22. SP\674376. Yes.
  • <13>SBC16362 Bibliographic reference: WAINWRIGHT A 1989 NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: STOWE (COPY, FILED). p23.

Location

Grid reference SP 6730 3676 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 25 2009 11:44AM

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