️£2.3m Retrofit of Victorian power station at Blackburn & Darwen Youth Zone

Commissioned under the Blackburn Electric Lighting Order in 1895, the existing building housed one of the earliest electricity generating power stations in the United Kingdom.

The ‘Fusebox’ has now been imaginatively renovated to cater for the youth zone members with a new careers hub, gaming area, music suite and training kitchen.

Read the full story here:

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/power-house-john-putticks-blackburn-youth-centrehttps://magazine.ccemagazine.com/Kjwd/p170

Or download the PDF here:

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