Old water-board house near Redmires, Sheffield, February 2018

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1. The History/Explore
This place was a bit of a hike but on a fantastically sunny-but-cold February morning the time soon flew by and I arrived at this bijou building. The place in question is an old water-board house above Redmires Dams, next to Oaking Clough Reservoir. It’s a fairly substantial two-roomed building which still retains the remnants of a range on both sides. A small stone set into the ground confirms that the building was associated with SWW (Sheffield Water Works). Normally a place so small wouldn’t merit a report but the weather was so amazing and the ruin so picturesque.

2. The Pictures

On the way up to the lodge from Redmires:

40117223702_756fc307b7_b.jpgimg5402 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Two of the many bridges over the waterway from Oaking Clough Reservoir down to the main reservoir at Redmires:

40117222242_6caf742da0_b.jpgimg5404 by HughieDW, on Flickr

What a setting;

25278379977_53fb53af06_b.jpgimg5407 by HughieDW, on Flickr

39438424254_667d8acdac_b.jpgimg5411 by HughieDW, on Flickr

39438422064_8bfdf135cf_b.jpgimg5413 by HughieDW, on Flickr

39438420944_a26a4c1a94_b.jpgimg5417 by HughieDW, on Flickr

25278371187_9dd2352fd8_b.jpgimg5419 by HughieDW, on Flickr

25278369837_28649c68d1_b.jpgimg5420 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Chimney detail:

25278367997_73a7baae9b_b.jpgimg5421 by HughieDW, on Flickr

25278365557_71f24d4e26_b.jpgimg5422 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Entrance to the smaller of the two rooms:

25278363517_224980b39f_b.jpgimg5423 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Range still in tact:

25278361797_27cd6d4201_b.jpgimg5425 by HughieDW, on Flickr

What a view:

26276608338_16f80d29d5_b.jpgimg5430 by HughieDW, on Flickr

26276604858_2737a3278b_b.jpgimg5431 by HughieDW, on Flickr

Round to the second, larger room:

26276601828_5f9333eb7f_b.jpgimg5434 by HughieDW, on Flickr

26276599898_f3dbe29889_b.jpgimg5436 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And another range:

25278318217_41824223be_b.jpgimg5437 by HughieDW, on Flickr

25278356327_f427e72bef_b.jpgimg5439 by HughieDW, on Flickr

25278323697_ce480ede44_b.jpgRedmires 06 by HughieDW, on Flickr

28369874929_2c11611650_b.jpgRedmires 04 by HughieDW, on Flickr

And the stone with S.W.W. on it:

25278354687_8d7e1cd516_b.jpgimg5440 by HughieDW, on Flickr

25278353547_d1e2760098_b.jpgimg5441 by HughieDW, on Flickr

39438368784_62144a9d14_b.jpgRedmiles 01 by HughieDW, on Flickr

28369872689_e7cf3ab73e_b.jpgRedmires 07 by HughieDW, on Flickr
 
Thats lovely Hughie, would be a lovely place to live, but would need to be a bit of a hermit to live there!
 
Nice one Hughie. When I first came across this place in my early teens it still looked pristine and over the years me and my mates have sheltered there many times. The larger room was lived in by the Spillway Keeper(spillway was evidently slightly different in the early operating days) and the smaller room was lived in by the chap who walked the boundaries and banks. The old Water Companies built their Estate Buildings with pride back then, the detail in the internal brickwork unbelievable - no breeze or cement clinker blocks for those brickies, they were leaving their mark for eternity. Poorly paid and fed, I always look at their work with wonder. As for the coal and other supplies - it was carried up by packhorse or mule along a pack way that was still discernible when I first visited the place.
 
That's lovely mate.not a lot to it but full of character.and what a setting.bet it was a lovely walk to it
 
Cheers folks. Yup - idyllic location and well-worth the walk. Sometimes small is beautiful.

Nice one Hughie. When I first came across this place in my early teens it still looked pristine and over the years me and my mates have sheltered there many times. The larger room was lived in by the Spillway Keeper(spillway was evidently slightly different in the early operating days) and the smaller room was lived in by the chap who walked the boundaries and banks. The old Water Companies built their Estate Buildings with pride back then, the detail in the internal brickwork unbelievable - no breeze or cement clinker blocks for those brickies, they were leaving their mark for eternity. Poorly paid and fed, I always look at their work with wonder. As for the coal and other supplies - it was carried up by packhorse or mule along a pack way that was still discernible when I first visited the place.

Nice background Dirus. They certainly made these places to last - though sadly with the roof starting to go this place will probably go down hill...

That's lovely mate.not a lot to it but full of character.and what a setting.bet it was a lovely walk to it

Cheers Mikey - put it on yer list!
 

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