electricity substation — Castleforbes Road

Two detached single-storey electricity substations, built c.1900, northern being six-bay and southern two-bay. Bitumen covered pitched roofs hidden behind brick parapet walls with terracotta coping to larger structure, concrete coping to smaller, both having small gable to their gable elevations. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond with brick plinth courses and moulded brick cornice to base of parapets and cast-iron downpipe breaking through to larger structure only. Gauged brick segmental-headed blind bays to larger structure with moulded black brick sills and flush granite keystones. Square-headed window openings to smaller structure with flush concrete lintels, concrete sills and bricked up openings. Square-headed door opening to north gable of larger structure with flush concrete lintel, stop-chamfered jambs and replacement steel doors, and further door opening to west side elevation, detailed as per window openings with steel door. Square-headed door opening to south gable of smaller structure with flush concrete lintel and replacement steel doors.