The Old Fire Station
THE OLD FIRE STATION, 10, ABBEY STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1228034
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jul-1992
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Fire Station
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD FIRE STATION, 10, ABBEY STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1228034
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jul-1992
- List Entry Name:
- The Old Fire Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE OLD FIRE STATION, 10, ABBEY STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD FIRE STATION, 10, ABBEY STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- Harborough (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 73175 87344
Details
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 402533
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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