Conduit head

The building is a conduit head that dates from 1736, with its costs covered by public subscription. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a stone-flagged pyramidal roof topped with a ball finial.

The conduit head is hexagonal in shape and stands two storeys high, resting on a low sandstone plinth. The south-east elevation has two rectangular openings: a low doorway on the ground floor that is blocked with sandstone blocks, and a wooden shutter above it. On the south-west side, there is an inscribed plaque added in 1950 that reads: "Cannock Conduit Trust / founded 1736 / By Public Subscription for bringing a water / supply to the Township of Cannock. / This building was erected in the year 1736 / as the Conduit Head for the water / brought by pipe from Stringer’s Meadow / Rumer Hill Leacroft. The source of / water being given by Dr. William Byrche / of Leacroft Hall. The undertaking was / endowed by the Lord of the Manor the / Earl of Uxbridge, the Lord Bishop of Worcester / Sir Robert Fisher and others and later became / a registered Charity and served the Township / of Cannock for over 200 years."

Adjacent to the conduit head is a cast-iron water pump, which was relocated from another part of the town in the early 21st century, but it is not included in the listing.