Electricity Junction Box is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 2018. Junction box. 2 related planning applications.

Electricity Junction Box

WRENN ID
ancient-lancet-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 May 2018
Type
Junction box
Address
Electricity Junction Box, Lincoln Square, M2 5AS
OS grid reference
SJ 837 981
Coordinates
53.47977, -2.24699
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The electricity junction box, dating from the early 20th century, was manufactured by Hardy and Padmore Ltd for Manchester City Council. It is made of cast iron and has a rectangular shape. The longer sides of the box are aligned parallel to Brazennose Street. At the top, it features a low pyramidal cap with castellated edges, which sits above a moulded cornice supported at each corner by inward-scrolled corbels. Each of the two longer sides serves as a door, each with a moulded surround and two decorative strap hinges on the right-hand side. Surrounding a detachable plaque that displays the crest of the City of Manchester is a Jacobean-style geometric strapwork relief. The two shorter sides are plain with moulded edges. The box is painted black, with the strapwork design highlighted in gold and the city crest depicted in full color. Although this box does not bear the manufacturer's name, it shares an identical design with other known examples by Hardy and Padmore located nearby.

Local climate

Electricity Junction Box sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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