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Monument Types

• FIRE STATION (Edwardian to 21st Century - 1903 AD to 2050 AD)

Summary

Brick fire station, dated 1903.

Additional Information

Listed building description:
Fire station, now café. Dated 1903; extended 1912 to matching design by Coales and Johnson for Market Harborough District Council; 1950 addition to rear. Brick and ashlar limestone, plain tile roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays; bays 1 and 2 of 1912, bays 3 and 4 of 1903. Green-glazed brick piers on granite bases support 4 segmentally-arched vehicle entrances, having folding, part-glazed double doors. The arches are moulded and set within an ashlar panel; over bays 3 and 4 the words 'URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL FIRE STATION / 1903'; cornice interrupted at centre. First floor: brick aprons and moulded sills to curved, mullioned and transomed 4-light windows, having casements with glazing bars. Chamfered ashlar piers at each end and bay division, rise through a cornice on corbels to form dies linked by curved brickwork parapet panels.
Coales & Johnson, 1912
Year of construction: 1903

Associated Finds

None recorded

Designations

• Listed Building (II) 1228034: THE OLD FIRE STATION
• Conservation Area: Market Harborough

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