6 Former Filter Beds, Water Tank and Steps at Cropston Reservoir Water Works is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1984. Waterworks.

6 Former Filter Beds, Water Tank and Steps at Cropston Reservoir Water Works

WRENN ID
sombre-floor-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Charnwood
Constituency
Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1984
Type
Waterworks
Address
6 Former Filter Beds, Water Tank and Steps at Cropston Reservoir Water Works, Bradgate Road, Thurcaston and Cropston
OS grid reference
SK 550 111
Coordinates
52.69534, -1.18635
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former filter beds, water tank, and steps at Cropston Reservoir Water Works were built in 1870 by J.B. Everard of Leicester. The structure features granite and slate rubble stone lining walls, stone edges, and cast iron railings surrounding the tank and steps. There are flights of steps with side parapets and piers topped with decorative elements leading down south from the 1870 pumping house to six filter beds arranged in an elongated octagonal plan. Four of the filter beds are positioned around a central covered octagonal draw-off tank, while the other two are located to the south. The tank's balustrade is made of cast iron in a Tudor style, complete with spear head finials and piers topped with ball finials. The entire complex is set in a park-like environment with a variety of trees and shrubs.

Local climate

6 Former Filter Beds, Water Tank and Steps at Cropston Reservoir Water Works sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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