CENTRAL FIRE STATION - Barrow - List Entry

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"Fire station. Dated 1911. By Borough Surveyors under Arthur Race. Red brick with buff terracotta dressings, slate roofs. Engine house of 1 storey and attic, 1:4:1 bays with 3-storey tower to rear left. Engine house: 4 segmentally-arched vehicle entrances with banded piers and large consoles on raised keystones; enriched modillioned cornice breaks forward at the piers which continue as parapet dies..... INTERIOR: engine house lined with glazed brick: recreation room above has arched ceiling. Opened 12.12.1912 having cost »6,000. Terracotta by Burmantofts of Leeds. Well-preserved example of the first generation of fire station built specifically for motorised appliances...."
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Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1197911?
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