Description

The following building shall be added to the list;

MARKET HARBOROUGH ABBEY STREET
SP 7287- 7387
Number 10
1/10001 (The Old Fire Station)
II
GV

Fire station now cafe. Dated 1903; extended 1912 to matching design
by Coales and Johnson for Market Harborough District Council; c1950
addition to rear. Brick and ashlar limestone; plain tile roof. 2
storeys, 4 bays; bays 1 and 2 of 1912, bays 3 & 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.

Listing NGR: SP7317587344

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26521907

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)