Fire Station is a Grade II listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1984. Fire station. 2 related planning applications.
Fire Station
- WRENN ID
- long-ashlar-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hyndburn
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1984
- Type
- Fire station
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ACCRINGTON MANCHESTER ROAD SD 72 NE 7/20 Fire Station - GV II
Fire station, 1933, by Sir Percy Thomas, in simplified and streamlined classical style. Ashlar, flat roofs on 2 levels. Single storey of 2 different heights. Essentially symmetrical facade of 3 elements; a large rectangular central block with lower wings as a reflected pair. The main block has a colonnade of piers framing 5 tall garage doorways and a staff entrance, a square-panelled frieze. The wings have 3 similar but small doorways and a window at the inner end. At rear and attached by a wall to the main building is a hose-drying tower of six storeys, entirely plain except for the top storey, which has pilaster strips and pedimented roof, giving the effect of a small temple. Designed en suite with Police Station (q.v.)
Listing NGR: SD7635128200
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