Survey Data
Reg No
20866157
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Social
Original Use
Electricity substation
In Use As
Electricity substation
Date
1945 - 1955
Coordinates
166371, 71555
Date Recorded
19/04/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-storey substation, built c.1950, having canopied bus shelter to front (south) elevation. Flat felt roof. Rendered walls. Round opening to east elevation with louvered fittings and bolt motif. Timber seat to shelter.
Appraisal
Possibly designed by E. Buckley and John O'Gorman, this building is indicative of the Electricity Supply Board's policy of expressing the new technology through the medium of Modern architecture. Unusually it has a dual function of a bus shelter, and its canted canopy adds to the horizontal emphasis of the building. The excellently designed lightening bolt motif indicates the building's function and forms the decorative focus of this otherwise plain building.