Central Fire Station

The Central Fire Station, built in 1897 by T. Shelmerdine, is a fire station and offices designed in an Arts and Crafts Jacobean style. It is constructed from red brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof. The building is a symmetrical composition with three storeys and an attic, along with a tower located at the rear of the end bay. It consists of 18 bays, with stone facing on most of the ground floor and stone panels on the upper floors.

All windows are designed with mullions and transoms, and a cornice runs the entire length of the building. The first-floor windows are adorned with open pediments, and there are three flat-topped dormers. The seventh bay includes an entrance and a first-floor oriel, which is intricately carved with strapwork and a Liver bird. There is a pedimented dormer above this bay, while the ninth bay features a blocked entrance with a decorated panel above it, which includes the date.

The tenth to twelfth bays have an entrance that cuts into the centre window, and there is a first-floor balustraded balcony with a canted bay on the left side. A pedimented dormer is present over all bays, featuring a five-light window, coping, and a cupola finial. The thirteenth bay has a cart entrance with modern infill, and the fourteenth to sixteenth bays contain garage doors set between granite piers. The first-floor canted oriels are situated between banded piers, and there are three pedimented dormers similar to the seventh bay.

The seventeenth bay has stair windows set in stone panels, while the eighteenth bay features an entrance cutting into a window, with a two-storey stone oriel above it. The end two bays are topped with a pedimented gable. The building is capped with ten cross-axial brick stacks with raised brick bordering. The tower consists of three stages: the first stage has three rectangular windows, the second stage has three segmental-headed windows with splayed reveals, and the third stage features a segmental-headed opening with a curved balcony on brackets and iron railings. The tower is topped with a pyramidal roof that has a button finial and flanking stacks. At the rear, there is a utilitarian range constructed with banded brick and a mansard roof.