Strawberry Place, electricity substation

Strawberry Place, electricity substation

HER Number
15736
District
Newcastle
Site Name
Strawberry Place, electricity substation
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
Site Type: Specific
Electricity Sub Station
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Description
Electricity substation, brick. It has double doors and a single door on its south elevation with three windows above with timber ventilation louvres and concrete sills and lintels. Three windows on the east elevation have been bricked up. Inside there is a crane on an overhead gantry. The frame dates to at least 1938. It is capable of traversing the entire floor of the four-bayed substation building and is entirely chain-operated. The metalwork has become magnetized, presumably from hanging over the 5750 volt transformer. The substation is being demolished in June 2013 to make way for offices.
Easting
424480
Northing
564570
Grid Reference
NZ424480564570
Sources
Newcastle City Council, 2000, Leazes Conservation Area Character Statement, page 32; planning application 2007/0753/01/DET