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Latitude: 51.4951 / 51°29'42"N
Longitude: -0.1006 / 0°6'2"W
OS Eastings: 531948
OS Northings: 179061
OS Grid: TQ319790
Mapcode National: GBR PL.K6
Mapcode Global: VHGR0.6PN6
Plus Code: 9C3XFVWX+2P
Entry Name: Michael Faraday Memorial
Listing Date: 21 June 1996
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1385511
English Heritage Legacy ID: 470910
ID on this website: 101385511
Location: Newington, Southwark, London, SE1
County: London
District: Southwark
Electoral Ward/Division: Cathedrals
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Southwark
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Southwark Holy Trinity and St Matthew
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
TQ3179,
636-1/4/883
SOUTHWARK,
ELEPHANT AND CASTLE ROUNDABOUT,
Michael Faraday Memorial
21/06/96
II
Transformer station for London Transport and memorial to
physicist and chemist Michael Faraday. Designed by Rodney
Gordon whilst he was in the employment of the London County
Council. Designed 1959; built 1960-61. Black-painted steel
structural supports and square stainless steel dished panels
cladding enclosure. Flat roof. Rectangular plan with 4
supports, one to each side, which are proud of the cladding
and the roof; the rectangular enclosure is suspended within.
Recessed black-painted plinth. A building of architectural
quality and panache; also an early British example of the use
of stainless steel as a cladding skin and a building which
looks forward in its language and materials to the "high tech"
of the 1970s and 1980s.
Listing NGR: TQ3194879061
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