Lissadell House — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Underground chamber, built c. 1830, containing cast-iron water handling equipment. Straight-sided approach path with embankments over, segmental-headed door opening, brick jambs and arch, painted vertically-sheeted timber door. Brick barrel-vaulted ceiling. Set in woods to north-east of Lissadell House.

A water ram, made by Blakes, which was fed from a dam in the nearby river through two header tanks. It fed a large storage tank (32400801), that in turn gravity fed Lissadell House. Due to poor pipework quite a large percentage of the pumped water was being lost through leaks. This, and a silted dam, resulted in the system falling into disuse in the early 1980s. The overpump water - the water wasted in order to pump the remainder - exits the pump house by a hidden sluice under the lowest step in the access stairs. It is of social and technical interest in the context of nineteenth century country house estate development.

This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.