Socket
Category
Historic Services / Electricity supply
Date
Unknown
Materials
bakelite
Collection
Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire
NT 1275482
Summary
A historic system comprising of a switched bakelite two pin plug socket. Famed for having had its own domestic electricity supply for both electric heating and lighting but unfortunately little remains in the accumulator house of the original plant. Only mounting for an engine block, tiled underfloor ducting and wood wall mount.
Provenance
Bequest of George Bernard Shaw, 1950