Building record 2079/1/1 - Boat house, Leathermills Sluice

Possible 19th-century boat house that may have been associated with the former mill.

{1} Building recording was undertaken of the boat house as part of a wider scheme of archaeological works in advance of restoration of the sluice. The boat house had an elongated horseshoe plan with a single arched entrance to the south-west aligned towards the water’s edge. The internal length of the structure was c6.5m and the internal width, at its widest, was approximately 2.5m. The entrance arch was 2.2m wide and 1.1m at the centre. The entrance arch was formed of thin, flat, sandstone and ironstone blocks, roughly shaped, and angled to match the curve of the arch so that the basal units were flat while those of the apex were positioned vertically. The stones were set in a generously
applied sandy lime mortar. A single iron hook for securing a boat was found embedded in the wall towards the rear of the boat house.

<1> Morris, S and Holmes, M, 2019, Archaeological excavation at Leathermills Sluice, Ecton, Northamptonshire, December 2018, p. 40-43 (Report). SNN112314.

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Feb 20 2025 4:12PM