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
- Constituency
- Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1984
- Type
- Fire station
- Address
- Fire Station, Manchester Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 763 282
- Coordinates
- 53.74964, -2.3601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The fire station, built in 1933 by Sir Percy Thomas, is designed in a simplified and streamlined classical style. It features ashlar stonework and has flat roofs on two levels. The building is a single storey with two different heights and has an essentially symmetrical facade comprising three elements: a large rectangular central block flanked by lower wings that are a reflected pair.
The main block includes a colonnade of piers that frame five tall garage doorways and a staff entrance, along with a square-panelled frieze. The wings each have three smaller doorways and a window at the inner end. At the rear, connected by a wall to the main building, is a six-storey hose-drying tower. This tower is plain except for its top storey, which features pilaster strips and a pedimented roof, creating the appearance of a small temple. The fire station was designed to complement the nearby police station.
Local climate
Fire Station sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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