Generator house at Barlowfold is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1983. Generator house.
Generator house at Barlowfold
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-wicket-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1983
- Type
- Generator house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The generator house at Barlowfold, built around 1880, was likely constructed for W A Turner. It features pre-cast concrete sections and is a single-storey building with a symmetrical, two-bay south front. The front has nine-pane iron casement windows. Inside, a steel pipe carries water from the former mill leat through a turbine electric generator made by W Gunther of Oldham, and the water exits beneath the house. The switchgear for both alternating current and direct current generation is located against the south wall. W A Turner was an early pioneer in using electric light in cotton mills and served as an active director of the Edison Electric Light Company. This generator supplied electricity to Barlowfold, the house he occupied in 1881.
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