Charnwood Borough Council - Leading in Leicestershire

Descriptions are given below for the locally listed viaduct which carries the Great Central Railway over the reservoir and the buildings of the now de-commissioned waterworks at Swithland Reservoir. The waterworks are in the Parish of Quorn.
Please note that the records describe the salient features of each property in order to aid identification: the records are not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.
Listing covers all parts of the property and its curtilage, ie all internal and external elements whether described or not.

Statutory Listed Buildings
Pumping House and Wells House, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
6 Former Filter Beds Gazebo, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Bridge, Fountain and Pool Stonework, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Draw off Tower, Tunnel Mouth etc., Kinchley Lane (both side) - Grade II
House at Swithland Reservoir, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Coach House at Water Works, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Lodge at Water Works, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Entrance Gates, Piers and Walling etc., Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Locally Listed Buildings
Viaduct and Bridge at Swithland Reservoir - Locally Listed

Pumping House and Wells House, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Pumping house and former well house of 1896. By Hawkesley of London. Red brick with elaborate stone dressings, bands, frieze, dentilled cornice, parapet and stone coped gables. Slate roof, part with cast iron ridge flashing and ridge stack to rear. In Renaissance style with main range of tall one storey and stone banded basement with lower similar boiler house range to rear. Central gabled projection with doorway up parapetted flight of 13 stone steps. Elaborate stone door surround with banded half columns and pilasters, volutes, curved pediment with fanlight and three 1 lights beneath, and a side light either side of two leaved door and overlight under a segmental arch. Dated A.D. 1896. Either side of central projection an 8/8 sash in basement and a tall stone mullioned window with rounded arch above. This is of 2 lights with toplights and fanlight in arch. Mullions formed of two half round columns. A pair of similar windows on each end with 8/8 sashes in basement (2 blank), and a 3 light window in gable. Between main windows on left end a stone tablet containing Leicester City crest. Windows on rear range of 2 or 3 light double or triple rounded arch head within the stone lintel band. Left side rear gable has row of five similar open arches. From left side extends the square base of the truncated chimney whilst on right side extends a walled yard with large Vanbrughian corner piers containing small outhouses and capped with pyramid roofs. Flight of parapetted stone steps on both sides of rear range lead to higher level at rear. On rear of rear range a series of four arches, two altered to form one, covered with glazed tiles leads to large bins for coal delivery. Close to rear a small square one storey and basement former well house, similarly Vanbrughian, and with pyramid roof and finial. Stone parapet. To front and left side two 6/6 top opening windows. On right side flat topped covered entrance at basement level. Two basement 1 light windows and flight of steps on rear. Complex stands in parklike setting with choice trees and shrubs. Group value with the other items at Swithland Reservoir Water Works.
6 Former Filter Beds Gazebo, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Six former filter beds, water tank with gazebo and steps of 1896. By Hawkesley of London. Granite rubble stone, dressed stone, blue brick and lead. Series of six polygonal filter beds symmetrically placed about an hexagonal covered partly sunken draw-off tank with elaborate balustrade and central gazebo in Renaissance style. From pumping house forecourt a short flight of stone steps with side parapets leads down north eastwards to area laid out like a grand formal garden. The filter beds have blue brick retaining walls with stone edges. Tank has low granite side walls with short stone pilasters and arches (some blocked) at intervals. Above the pilasters are the piers of the balustrade, which is itself a row of small arches with rusticated stone work. Two flights of stone steps with similar balustrades lead up to bitumen covered top of tank. Principal piers have carved Renaissance obelisks on top. In centre of tank an octagonal open stone gazebo on stone plinth with eight Roman Doric columns supporting arches, entablature and lead dome with carved stone lantern on top. Gazebo covers central air vent. Complex stands in parklike setting with choice trees and shrubs. Group value with the other items at Swithland Reservoir Water Works.
Bridge, Fountain and Pool Stonework, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Bridge, excess fountain and pool stonework of 1896. By Hawkesley of London. Granite rubble stone and dressed stone. These items lie to NW of filter beds and tank (listed separately) and form part of grand formal layout. Bridge (placed on cross axis of tank) crosses stone lined stream and has single depressed arch of dressed stone and sides of granite. Two quoined piers are carried up to bridge piers with carved obelisk on top. These and low bridge approach piers are joined by Renaissance style balustrading of a row of small arches of rusticated stone work the same as on tank. Close by is a small excess fountain with octagonal basin: blue brick interior with stone coping and metal fountain. Two stepped over flow channels. To NE the partly curved pond stonework with small sluices. Complex stands in park like setting with choice trees and shrubs. Group value with the other items at Swithland Reservoir Water Works.
Draw off Tower, Tunnel Mouth etc., Kinchley Lane (both side) - Grade II
Draw off tower, tunnel mouth, dam causeway and bridge of 1896. By Hawkesley of London. Red brick, granite rubble stone and dressed stone. Draw off tower stands in reservoir c15m off dam causeway. Causeway is SE of filter beds and pumping house complex. Tower is of red brick in Renaissance style on brick and stone plinth with stone dressings, frieze, bracketted cornice and flat roof with stone balustraded parapet. One storey above water of square plan with octagonal stair turret half projecting from right side and continuing above roof level as small octagonal stone turret with dome and finial. Iron bridge leads across from causeway to entrance door with stone surround and pediment. Transomed 1 light windows on sides. At the corners of the roof are stone piers with carved obelisks on top. The balustrade in between is a row of small arches of rusticated stonework., the same as that on tank and bridge (listed separately). Lead water spouts on left and right sides. On opposite side of the causeway is the almost round tunnel mouth for the draw off pipe. Rusticated stonework with stone coping and granite rubble stone side embankments with stone coping. Causeway wall of granite rubble stone with roadway between. Bridge at N end of causeway carries road over reservoir overflow stream. Three depressed arches, underside of brick, with dressed rusticated stone edges, granite rubble stone sides and parapet. Stone copings. Stone cut water system on reservoir sides with three cobbled stream beds continuing under bridge. Group value with the other items at Swithland Reservoir Water Works.
House at Swithland Reservoir, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
House of 1896, by Hawkesley of London. Red brick, stone banded with stone coped shouldered gables and slate roof with stone banded ridge and side stacks. Two storeys in ‘Queen Anne’ style with sash windows, most having moulded stone surrounds and architraves. Front of two gables with recessed central section of two arched arcade and 2 light dormer with top lights in roof which is carried down. Within arcade are two doors both with steps and stone surrounds. Single door to left and two leaved part glazed door to right. Gable to left has canted bay with three 6/6 sashes and a 6/6 sash over. Gable to right has tripartite 4/4 : 6/6: 4/4 sash with Leicester City crest over and further 6/6 sash above. Stone obelisks on shoulders. On left end a blocked door, a pair of 6/6 sashes with a further 6/6 sash over. On right end two 1 light windows with a 6/6 sash over. Left gable on rear similar to right front gable, otherwise further sash windows and extending from right a one storey outhouse followed by another. Ridge stack on first. Complex stands in park like setting with choice trees and shrubs. Group value with the other items at Swithland Reservoir Water Works.
Coach House at Water Works, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Coach house of 1896, by Hawkesley of London. Red brick, stone banded, with stone coped shouldered gables and slate roof. 1½ storeys: gable to right. From left a 6/6 sash, pair of carriage doors, ½ glazed door up two stone steps and, in gable, further pair of carriage doors with ½ glazed door over. 1 light window on left end. 8/8 sash with 4/8 sash over on rear. On roof a lead and wooden open lantern with eight small columns, dome and weathervane. Complex stands in park like setting with choice trees and shrubs. Group value with other items at Swithland Reservoir Water Works.
Lodge at Water Works, Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Lodge of 1896 by Hawkesley of London. Red brick with stone dressings, bands and coped shouldered gables, and slate roof with gable ridge stack. Two storeys in ‘Queen Anne’ style with sash windows: most have stone sills and heads. Central projecting gable with 6/6 sash both floors. Door to right in angle with banded stone surround and flat canopy. A 6/6 sash both floors on left side gable. Further gable and half dormer to rear with 4/4 and 6/6 sashes and doors, together with brick walled yard and one storey outhouse. Complex stands in park like setting with choice trees and shrubs. Group value with the other items at Swithland Reservoir Water Works.
Entrance Gates, Piers and Walling etc., Kinchley Lane (west side) - Grade II
Entrance gates, piers and walling of 1896. By Hawkesley of London. Red and blue brick, dressed stone and wrought iron. Pair of low walls of ¼ circle on convex curve lead to pair of piers with pair of gates between. Walls of red and blue brick, stone coped, with three panels of wrought iron work above with scrolls and ovals. Banded piers also on outside end with dentilled stone coping and a stone urn on top. Gate piers similar with a stone obelisk on an urn base. Wrought iron of gates similar to wall panels but more elaborate. Entrance is to right of lodge. Complex stands in park like setting with choice trees and shrubs. Group value with the other items at Swithland Reservoir Water Works.
Viaduct and Bridge at Swithland Reservoir - Locally Listed
Railway Viaduct. Built for the Great Central Railway c.1895/7. Blue engineering brick construction. 3 round headed arches spanning Swithland Reservoir. Also, separate Road Bridge. Blue/buff banded engineering brick retaining wall, piers and abutments. Twin rail track carried on built up steel beams. 2 independent spans arranged in parallel. Distinctive diamond trellis pattern steel balustrading between brick abutments.