Summary
Electricity junction box of around the early C20, manufactured by Hardy and Padmore of Worcester.
Reasons for Designation
The electrical junction box of around the early C20, manufactured by Hardy and Padmore of Worcester, which stands in front of Stacklands and Fountain Court, High Street, Eynsford is listed at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
Architectural interest:
History
Electrical junction boxes were introduced across England from the late C19 and were part of the distribution and supply infrastructure needed to transfer electricity from where it was generated to its point of use. The junction box, or feeder pillar, was designed to take power from the grid and control the electrical supply to a number of buildings in the surrounding area. The Eynsford junction box was probably installed around the turn of the C20 to supply electricity to houses and the local school (now a house known as the Manse). It would have been constructed at the Worcester foundry of Hardy and Padmore.
Details
Electricity junction box of around the early C20, manufactured by Hardy and Padmore of Worcester.
MATERIALS: cast iron.
DESCRIPTION: a pillar-like, rectangular box which faces north-west and is located on the pavement adjacent to a retaining wall. It is around 1.5m high and 0.3m in width and depth. It has a pyramidal cap above a dentilled cornice supported at each corner by a slender colonette. The faces have moulded panelling and raised decoration with the central three panels having foliage to the corners. The front face has a circular maker's mark containing the name of Hardy Padmore Limited, Worcester. The side faces have an oval motif to the centre and an integral, moulded door handle. The rear face is obscured by the wall.
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