Whitehouse Mill
Description:
Modern watermill and associated water management.
The Ordnance Survey 1:2500 mapping of 1869 shows a building at the grid reference provided, adjacent to which is a leat served by a weir and a millpond. Although not annotated as such, the building served as a mill, presumably for processing the agricultural produce of the farm.
Waterpower is supplied by a 160m leat, drawn off from a weir in the stream which passes through the farmstead. Further upstream the watercourse divides, and one tributary is dammed, creating a millpond to store power during summer or times of heavy use. This is located a further 160m upstream from the weir. No tail race is marked on the OS mapping, but such a feature would only need to be of minimal length to re-enter the adjacent stream.
The building is still extant, and while the millpond is drained, its dam still stands.
Country: Isle of Man
Named Location: Whitehouse
Grid Reference:
SC323908
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 232373, 490854
Period/Subject: MODERN - WATERMILL
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: 1522.00
[ADS] Import RCN: MANX15-1522.00
People Involved:
[Publisher] Manx National Heritage
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