Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26525837

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5