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Latitude: 53.3613 / 53°21'40"N
Longitude: -2.121 / 2°7'15"W
OS Eastings: 392043
OS Northings: 384947
OS Grid: SJ920849
Mapcode National: GBR FYMK.LS
Mapcode Global: WHBB3.DS70
Plus Code: 9C5V9V6H+GH
Entry Name: Generator House at Barlowfold
Listing Date: 17 November 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1232298
English Heritage Legacy ID: 407638
ID on this website: 101232298
Location: Cheshire East, Cheshire, SK12
County: Cheshire East
Civil Parish: Poynton-with-Worth
Built-Up Area: Poynton
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Poynton St George
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Architectural structure
SJ 98 SW POYNTON-WITH-WORTH C.P. LONDON ROAD NORTH
(West Side)
3/112 Generator house at
Barlowfold
II
Generator house: C.1890 for W A Turner. Pre-cast concrete sections.
One-storey, symmetrical, 2-bay south front. 9-pane iron casements.
Interior: A steel pipe ducts water from the former mill leat through
a turbine electric generator by W Gunther of Oldham and out beneath
the house. The switchgear for both AC and DC generation is against
the south wall.
W A Turner was an early pioneer of the use of electric light in his
Cotton Mills and an active director of the Edison Electric Light Co.
and this installation supplied Barlowfold, a house he bought in 1888.
Listing NGR: SJ9204384947
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