Electricity Sub-Station is a Grade II listed building in the Halton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. Sub-station.

Electricity Sub-Station

WRENN ID
worn-keep-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Halton
Constituency
Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 1983
Type
Sub-station
Address
Electricity Sub-Station, Church Street
OS grid reference
SJ 510 831
Coordinates
53.343, -2.73593
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a former hearse-house, now functioning as an electricity sub-station, dating from around 1833. It is constructed of red sandstone and features a later blue quarry tile roof. The structure is a rectangular single-storey building with a wide door opening that has a semi-circular arch, complete with a keystone and springing blocks. There is a pulvinated string course and a moulded eaves cornice. On the west side and rear, small vents with semi-circular heads and keystones are present. Originally, this building was used to house the horse-drawn hearse during the time when the parish church managed its own funeral arrangements.

Local climate

Electricity Sub-Station receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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