I have walked around the exterior on more than one occasion.
This concrete enclosed, collection of transformers and switchgear.
Electricity substation. 1968 to designs by consulting architects Jefferson, Sheard and Partners, Sheffield, led by Bryan Jefferson, in association with the Regional Civil Engineers’ Department of the CEGB North East Region. Contractors, Longden & Sons Ltd, Sheffield. Reinforced concrete frame with board-marked finish with formwork bolt marks, construction and daywork joints emphasised, concrete floor slabs, blue engineering facing bricks, cladding panels of Cornish granite aggregate.
The good folk at Sensoria and The Black Dog staged My Brutal Life inside the building – using the void created by the non-expansion of expanded demand for electricity.
The exhibition features work by Bill Stephenson, Mick Jones, Mandy Payne, Martin Dust, Scott Amoeba, Richard Davis, Jen Orpin, Alun Cocks, Human Studio, Sean Madner, Helen Angell and The Black Dog.
Let’s take a look outside inside out.
Thanks.
Modern Mooch 
Thanks for posting these pictures! I’ve been listening to the album The Black Dog put together for this exhibition and although you can find many pictures (including Google Maps) of the outside and surroundings of the building, I had been wondering what the inside looked like. Would love to take a peek inside myself one day, but given that I live nowhere near Sheffield, the odds of that happening aren’t that good. Really enjoyed seeing these photographs.
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Thanks for taking a look – the interior is epic, a huge unused industrial space built for a capacity that never arrived, and very seldom open to the public.
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