[1] Along with the construction of Shustoke Reservoir, it was originally designed to pump six million gallons of fresh water per day to nearby Birmingham.

[2] The pumping station building was listed grade II* in March 1982 as a notable example of civic gospel.

Apart from the two clocks, the original pumping machinery and ancillaries have largely been dismantled and replaced with modern equipment.

It is believed to originally have contained two beam engines by James Watt, one of which is now on display in the Science Museum, Birmingham.

[4] The pumping station house is predominantly constructed in red brick with stone dressings, the roofs are generally pitched and tiled in clay, and the eaves decorated with modillion eaves and cornices.