Monument record MLI70041 - LINCOLN ELECTRICITY WORKS, BRAYFORD WHARF NORTH
Summary
LINCOLN ELECTRICITY WORKS, BRAYFORD WHARF NORTH
Type and Period (2)
- POWER STATION (Post Medieval - 1898 AD to 1900 AD)
- INDUSTRIAL SITE (Post Medieval - 1898 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status/Designation
Full Description
THE ORIGINAL ELECTRICITY WORKS BUILT BY LINCOLN CORPORATION IN 1898 WAS LATER CONVERTED TO OFFICES AND STILL STANDS EMPTY. BEHIND IT IS THE SHELL OF THE LARGE 1913 EXTENSION TO THE WORKS. {1}{2}~ THE BUILDINGS HAVE AN OFFICE BLOCK AT THE FRONT, OF BRICK WITH STONE DRESSINGS, STONE 'MULLIONED' WINDOWS, ORNAMENTAL CHIMNEYS AND A CARVED STONE DOORWAY WITH THE CITY CREST AND 'ELECTRICITY WORKS' INSCRIBED ABOVE. DESCRIBED IN THE 1960s AS VERY ATTRACTIVE AND IN REASONABLE CONDITION THOUGH DISUSED FOR SOME YEARS. THE BUILDINGS AT THE REAR WERE DESCRIBED AS NONDESCRIPT. EXTENDED IN 1913 (COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE), WITH CAST IRON RUBBING POSTS ON THE CORNER OF THE FRONT BLOCK BY DUCKERINGS. BRICK, IN ENGLISH BOND. {3}~
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI1056 Bibliographic Reference: Neil R. Wright. 1983. A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Lincolnshire Including South Humberside. p24.
- <2> SLI1062 Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). 2nd Rev Edn p32.
- <3> SLI2308 Index: 1992-97. Index Record for Industrial Sites. -.
Map
Location
Grid reference | SK 9709 7130 (point) |
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Civil Parish | CARHOLME, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 3 2023 3:29PM
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