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Pumping station built in 1898 to pump spring water uphill to a reservoir. Turbine pumps and office are housed in a 2-storey and attic house, which is built to resemble a local farmhouses. The house is built against a terraced earthen bank with a lade carried on an aqueduct adjoining it at the rear. All are of mass concrete construction. There are concrete water tanks situated at the front of the pumping house. The pump house itself has a 2 bay front with a later corrugated sheet metal porch addition. Two turbine pumps are housed on the ground floor, one of which is original. They were formerly water powered but now electric. The lade and aqueduct adjoining at the rear are no longer in use. Supervisor`s House is built on terrace above, dating to the late 19th century. Single storey, 3-bay building with lean-to porch addition to W. A topographic survey was carried out by Headland Archaeology in 2012 ahead of the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)