Kendoon Power Station, Valve House
Valve House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kendoon Power Station, Valve House
Classification Valve House (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 311855
Site Number NX68NW 105.04
NGR NX 60565 87791
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/311855
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dalry (Stewartry)
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Stewartry
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
Field Visit (2010)
This valvehouse is at the bottom end of the buried pipeline leading from Blackwater dam (NX68NW 108.1) and allows the powerhouse at Kendoon to be isolated for work on the turbines to be completed. This valve house exhibits an unusual degree of architectural design interest for a building type which is usually purely functional. The design is clearly derived from the adjacent powerhouse with a cohesive modern classical design scheme. P L Payne, 1988, 24; E Wood, 2002, 50; G Hill, 1984.
