Another curious structure with an equally unexpected present is the late Victorian pumping station at Hatton. This quite beautiful Italianate building, which once housed giant machinery, has been converted in recent years into ... luxury flats! It makes an odd sort of sense...
But quite why the posh folk who live here allow the dilapidated old back-gates (still marked as the property of the Staffordshire Potteries Water Board) to the grounds to remain unrepaired and in situ is puzzling.
Is it a heritage thing? Maybe.
It must be. It's a beautiful building.
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