Location

Clayport Bank

Description

Valve house in local sandstone, with stone roof. Roof, upper walls, and entire north wall have been bitumen painted (now eroded). The wooden door was recently replaced.

English Heritage: describe this as a Low gabled stone paved shed over a waterhead. Ashlar built. Segmental headed doorway to east. It is (wrongly) recorded in the listing entry as "Clayport High Pant". It is not a pant . It did not provide water directly to the public. It is really a stone shed over a control valve used to manage the flow of water. The Pant that Tate lists as "Clayport High Pant" is believed to be the one outside Westgate house. We have named it "Clayport Pant" here, to avoid confusion and because it is now the only pant in Clayport.

The pictures below show the Clayport Gully, which ran down the hill below the valve house, along the edge of the road. It was popular with children for playing with boats etc. but was covered over around 1959. There is still a loop of iron pipe beside the road at the point where the gully began. 19th century maps show a spring at this location.

This pipe, at the edge of the road in Clayport is at the point where the Clayport Gulley began. It is marked as a spring on old maps.

See also Clayport Pant.

Owner

To be determined

Status

Grade: II listed: 25-Aug-1977

Condition

At first sight the structure looks sound, although there is some deterioration. One corner stone is missing (south-east corner), there is greenery on roof: and one corner and another patch on the south roof have badly deteriorated. The walls have eroded in a number of places where pointing has been repaired with cement mortar. The door has recently been replaced.

Suggestions for improvement

Repair stonework on walls and roof, and replace cement render.