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Central Fire Engine Station, 29, 31, 33 Ingram Street, Glasgow

A Category B Listed Building in Glasgow, Glasgow

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.859 / 55°51'32"N

Longitude: -4.2427 / 4°14'33"W

OS Eastings: 259726

OS Northings: 665142

OS Grid: NS597651

Mapcode National: GBR 0PM.0G

Mapcode Global: WH3P2.SZVS

Plus Code: 9C7QVQ54+JW

Entry Name: Central Fire Engine Station, 29, 31, 33 Ingram Street, Glasgow

Listing Name: 23-33 (Odd Nos) Ingram Street

Listing Date: 4 September 1989

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 375611

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB32731

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: 29, 31, 33 Ingram Street, Central Fire Engine Station

ID on this website: 200375611

Location: Glasgow

County: Glasgow

Town: Glasgow

Electoral Ward: Anderston/City/Yorkhill

Traditional County: Lanarkshire

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Description

A B MacDonald, City Engineer, 1898-1900. Former Central
Fire Station, now (1988) coverted to flats.
4-storey and attic polished red sandstone upper floors,
polished pink Peterhead granite to ground floor. 9-bay
symmetrical frontage to Ingram Street. Wide depressed-
arch vehicle entrances to ground except to centre which
has bay window. Over ground, 2-storey canted oriels to
penultimate bays. To centre bay windows grouped in 3's
flanked by pilaster strips. Otherwise windows alternately
bipartite and single light, stone mullions and transoms,
sash and case with plate glass glazing.
Band courses over each floor and at cills, eaves cornice,
deep plain parapet. To penultimate and centre bays,
triangular gablets with oculi, apex finial. Tall, corniced,
wallhead and axial stacks; slate roofs.
Rear elevation glazed brick.

Statement of Interest

Engines and horses housed at ground floor, duty rooms

to 1st, officers flats to upper floors. Internal

arrangements now (1988) altered to domestic useage.

Former range of gallery access brick-built officers'

flats demolished, together with hose drying tower.

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