Old Fire Station, Shere, Surrey

Photograph taken 13 September 2004 © Historic England Archive/Mr Norman Wigg ref: 288507

The Victorians invented the Fire Brigade as we know it in 1866. Built in 1885 this purpose-built fire station is a prominent feature in the village centre

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Surrey Shere

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Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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The Corn Exchange in Doncaster was built in 1870 and combines Victorian classical architecture with a dome reminiscent of that on the Crystal Palace, built 20 years earlier for the Great Exhibition (1851). The Corn Exchange is now used as a market hall.

Old Fire Station, Shere, Surrey

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