Electricity Junction Box on Fitzwilliam Street

An electricity junction box/feeder pillar of 1895, manufactured by GW Tomlinson of Huddersfield.

MATERIALS: cast-iron.

DESCRIPTION: standing at the north end of Huddersfield’s historic commercial core.

The box is very similar in appearance to examples by the Worcester foundry of Hardy and Padmore. The longer sides of the box face north and south. It stands around four feet high and has sides of 18 inches by 12 inches. It has a low pyramidal cap with castellated edges above a moulded cornice, supported at each corner by a small corbel. The north side has a door with two decorative strap hinges at the right-hand side, and three panels defined by raised edges with concave angles that host small, raised points. The central panel has a raised-edged roundel inscribed in relief, HUDDERSFIELD/ CORPORATION (top and bottom) and ELECTRICITY/ DEPARTMENT (centre).

The east side has a single tall panel with moulded edges. At the left, the hinge pintels of a south door are visible. The south and west sides are obscured by the adjacent stone walls.