We didn't cycle past it, we ran (scooted) bucause we thought it was creepy/dangerous.

The lake is still there but I've not been back there since about 1970.

I'm told the estate has lowered the water level because they're afraid of the long embankment breaking and looking at the satellite images, it looks like the lilies have taken over.

The estate is about 17,000 acres and one of the other lakes has been drained and the area is coverd with trees and bushes now.

I don't suppose it's listed, few people will know about it and it's way off the beaten track. The estate had several Country Houses, a few have "gone", others have been reduced in size and all had interesting features near them. The drained lake also had a sawmill at the deep end but that had a brook flowing in to it which still flows of course.

The house near the beautiful lake had an ice house in the middle of a small wood. Down the bank from there was the brook outfall where there were withy beds which were used for basket-making etc, all grown up now. There was a spring in amongst the withy beds with lovely cold water and round about superb Watercress. Happy days.