Electrical transformer pillar, Oakhill Road, Seaview is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 2012. Electrical transformer pillar.

Electrical transformer pillar, Oakhill Road, Seaview

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 2012
Type
Electrical transformer pillar
OS grid reference
SZ 615 913
Coordinates
50.71832, -1.12906
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The electrical transformer pillar located at the south end of Oakhill Road at Bullen Cross is a Grade II listed structure. It is made of cast iron and has a square shape with sides measuring approximately 1 meter in length and a height of 2.1 meters. The sides, including the door, feature three decorative panels, with the top panel arched. The door's top panel displays the inscription ‘SEAVIEW/ ELECTRICITY/ SUPPLY’, while the central panel on the sides features a company monogram, likely representing the Isle of Wight Light and Power Company with the letters I, O, and W.

The pillar has rounded corners designed as engaged columns, one of which incorporates the door hinges, and these columns are topped with lotus leaf capitals. The cornice is part of the tapering cap, which has volutes at the corners and panels adorned with a scale pattern between them. Above this cap is a drum that features a chevron band and a decorative finial topped with a T-shaped light fitting, which is not original to the structure. The base of the south side is marked with the name Callenders Co Ld London & Erith cast into it.

Local climate

Electrical transformer pillar, Oakhill Road, Seaview receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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