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ESB Central Distributing Station — Fleet Street

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ESB Central Distributing Station — Fleet Street
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Corner-sited L-plan attached eight-bay two-storey electrical substation and offices, built 1926-28, with three-stage canted corner tower, eight-bay elevation with attic accommodation to west, full-height four-bay extension to east and eight-bay range to rear (north) elevation. Flat roofs hidden behind coved render parapet with render coping, having cast-iron rainwater goods, artificial slate to attic accommodation to west, smooth rendered parapets to extensions. Smooth rendered walls with render plinth course and pilasters dividing bays to ground and first floors, fluted pilasters and fascia framing front and west elevations. Square-headed window openings having multiple pane steel windows, some with metal sills and some having render architraves. Square-headed door openings, that to west elevation with recent steel roller shutter, curved double-leaf door to canted bay and double-leaf timber battened door to south elevation. Located at junction of Bedford Row and Fleet Street.

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