Electricity Junction Box on Fitzwilliam Street is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 November 2024. Junction box.
Electricity Junction Box on Fitzwilliam Street
- WRENN ID
- inner-cobble-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 November 2024
- Type
- Junction box
- Address
- Electricity Junction Box on Fitzwilliam Street, Huddersfield, HD1 5AY
- OS grid reference
- SE 143 170
- Coordinates
- 53.65017, -1.78409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The electricity junction box, also known as a feeder pillar, was built in 1895 and manufactured by GW Tomlinson of Huddersfield. It is made of cast iron and is located at the north end of Huddersfield’s historic commercial core.
The box resembles those made by the Worcester foundry of Hardy and Padmore. It stands approximately four feet high, with sides measuring 18 inches by 12 inches. The top features a low pyramidal cap with castellated edges above a moulded cornice, supported at each corner by a small corbel.
On the north side, there is a door with two decorative strap hinges on the right-hand side. This side also has three panels defined by raised edges with concave angles, each hosting small raised points. The central panel features a raised-edged roundel inscribed in relief with the words "HUDDERSFIELD CORPORATION" at the top and bottom, and "ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT" in the center.
The east side has a single tall panel with moulded edges, and the hinge pintels of a south door are visible on the left. The south and west sides are obscured by the adjacent stone walls.
Local climate
Electricity Junction Box on Fitzwilliam Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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