Information for record number MWA8777:
Alscot Park Hydro-Electric Generating Station

Summary A hydro-electric power station built in 1912. It is situated on the Alscot estate, with a weir, sluices, culverts and power house. The water turbine survives in situ.
What Is It?  
Type: Hydroelectric Power Station
Period: Modern (1912 AD - 1950 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Preston on Stour
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 50
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Registered Park or Garden (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A survey of the hydro-electric power station at Alscot Park, dating from c. 1912. It is a well preserved, small scale, estate based hydro electric power system with the water turbine still in situ. It is likely to have been made gradually redundant in the 1930s after the establishment of the national grid.
2 The Alscot Park power station was assessed as part of the Monuments Protection Programme (MPP) work on the electric power generating industry. The site (Warwickshire 1) is is recorded in the 1900 to 1918 date bracket of the industry, though noted as dating from 1912, and assessed as a site "of clear national importance for which statutory protection will normally be appropriate". The headrace is recorded as in a derelict state, but largely structurally intact. The power house was also recorded in a derelict condition in a moderate state of preservation. Other components of the site include sluices, tail races, the water turbine and a weir.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Archaeological Report
Title: Alscot Park Hydro-Electric Generating Station: Archaeological Survey
Author/originator: M. Trueman
Date: 1997
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Archaeological Report
Title: Monuments Protection Programme: Electric Power Generation Step 3 Report Update
Author/originator: M. Trueman
Date: 1998
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none Registered Park or Garden Parks and gardens that are considered to be of historic importance are placed on a register. The register comprises a variety of town gardens, public parks and country estates. The main purpose of the register is to help ensure that the features and qualities that make the parks and gardens special are safeguarded if changes are being considered which could affect them.

The gardens on the register are divided into three grades in order to give some guidance about their significance, in a similar way to Listed Buildings. The majority of parks and gardens on the Register are of sufficient interest as to be designated as grade II. Some, however, are recognised as being of exceptional historic interest and are awarded a star giving them grade II* status. A small number are of international importance, and are classified as grade I.
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument POWER STATION * A building or set of buildings and structures where power, especially electrical or mechanical, is generated. Use more specific type where known. back
monument WEIR * A dam constructed on the reaches of a canal or river designed to retain the water and to regulate its flow. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument WATER TURBINE * A prime mover in which a central wheel with curved vanes, enclosed in a chamber, receives water directed onto the curved vanes by a ring of fixed guide vanes, causing the wheel to rotate about its axis. back
monument CULVERT * A drainage structure that extends across and beneath roadways, canals or embankments. back
monument PARK * An enclosed piece of land, generally large in area, used for hunting, the cultivation of trees, for grazing sheep and cattle or visual enjoyment. Use more specific type where known. back
monument TAIL RACE * A water channel leading from a water wheel. back
monument HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION * Power generation by releasing stored water through a turbine driving a generator. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument POWER HOUSE * A building housing the permanent electricity generator supply for domestic use or small scale unspecified power generation on an airfield. Unlike stand by set houses, power houses had to cope with both essential and non-essential loads. back
monument SLUICE * A dam which can be raised or lowered to regulate the flow of water. back

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