Tunnel Mouth, Stream Bed and Pipe 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. Water works.

Tunnel Mouth, Stream Bed and Pipe at Cropston Reservoir Water Works

WRENN ID
winding-pedestal-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Charnwood
Constituency
Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1984
Type
Water works
Address
Tunnel Mouth, Stream Bed and Pipe at Cropston Reservoir Water Works, Bradgate Road, Thurcaston and Cropston
OS grid reference
SK 551 111
Coordinates
52.69502, -1.18586
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tunnel mouth, stream bed, and draw-off pipe at Cropston Reservoir Water Works were constructed in 1870 by J.B. Everard of Leicester. Made from slate and granite squared stone with stone dressings, these features are located south of the 1870 filter beds. The arched tunnel mouth is set into the dam embankment, which has a wall and parapet above it. The side embankments are coped with crow-stepped detailing and are positioned at right angles. The pipe emerges from the tunnel and rests on stone blocks in the bed of a stone-lined stream that leads away from the tunnel. This complex is situated in a park-like setting with a variety of trees and shrubs.

Local climate

Tunnel Mouth, Stream Bed and Pipe 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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