Electrical Service / section pillar (near Blanchflowe Park) Holywood Road, Belfast BT4 1SJ

Freestanding cast-iron electrical 'service' or 'section pillar', sited at the inner edge of a pavement, which originally housed electrical components probably relating to Belfast’s former trolleybus network and as such probably of the 1940s, when the service appears to have been extended to this part of Belfast. It is located on the north side of the western side of Holywood Road, just south of the entrance to Blanchflower Park / Stadium, opposite and just south of the junction with Marmont Drive and Marmont Park. The 'pillar' is actually a tall cabinet, roughly 1.3m in height, rectangular in plan (about 0.75m x 0.5), and broadly Classical in styling. It has panelled faces with an oversailing cushioned cap with hipped shallow-pitched top. On both of the longer east and west faces is a hinged door upon which is the arms of the City of Belfast. On the N face there is a small round opening close to the top end of the panel; this is possibly where a conduit may once have been attached (there may originally have been a pole attached to the overhead cabling next to this pillar). The pillar's original paint finish has largely weathered away, though a few fragmented patches of green paintwork remain. Materials: Cast iron Setting: The pillar is located on the north side of the western side of Holywood Road, just south of the entrance to Blanchflower Park / Stadium, opposite and just south of the junction with Marmont Drive and Marmont Park in East Belfast.