Swithland Reservoir Pump House XHDR.
Draw-off tower, Kinchley Lane (west side) Rothley.

Draw-off tower, tunnel mouth, dam causeway and bridge of 1896 by Hawkesley of London.
Built of red brick, granite rubble stone and dressed stone. The draw-off tower stands in the reservoir about 15 metres off the causeway. The causeway is south-east of the filter beds and pumping house complex. The tower is of red brick in the Renaissance style on a brick and stone plinth with stone dressings, frieze, bracketed cornice and flat roof with stone balustraded parapet. 1 storey above water, of square plan with octagonal stair turret half projecting from the right side and continuing above roof level as a small octagonal stone turret with a dome and finial. An iron bridge leads across from the causeway to the entrance door with a stone surround and pediment. Transomed 1-light windows on the sides.
At the corners of the roof are stone piers with carved obelisks on the top. The balustrade in between is a row of small arches of rusticated stonework.

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