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Latitude: 52.4791 / 52°28'44"N
Longitude: -0.924 / 0°55'26"W
OS Eastings: 473175
OS Northings: 287344
OS Grid: SP731873
Mapcode National: GBR BSB.F7J
Mapcode Global: VHDQS.XYWC
Plus Code: 9C4XF3HG+MC
Entry Name: The Old Fire Station
Listing Date: 23 July 1992
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1228034
English Heritage Legacy ID: 402533
ID on this website: 101228034
Location: Market Harborough, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16
County: Leicestershire
District: Harborough
Electoral Ward/Division: Market Harborough-Logan
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Market Harborough
Traditional County: Leicestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire
Church of England Parish: Market Harborough St Dionysius
Church of England Diocese: Leicester
Tagged with: Fire station
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
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