 The remains of the Elizabethan hall occupied part of the site even after the power station was built.The site was chosen for the construction of a power station because it was around in size and was in close proximity to the River Trent as well as the main Leicester to Burton railway to the north, the Burton to Tamworth road to the south-east, and was close to the East Midlands coalfields.By the 1940s, the estate was no longer owned by the Gresley family, but by Sir Clifford Gothard.