Market Harborough Ambulance Station

The Market Harborough Ambulance Station, built in 1924, is a Queen Anne Revival style building designed by H G Coales. It is constructed of brick laid in English bond, with brick, stone, and tile dressings. The pitched roof is covered in plain clay tiles, and the windows and doors are of timber. A mid-20th century brick addition, laid in stretcher bond, now also forms part of the structure.

The building is rectangular and two storeys high, with a double garage on the ground floor, a staircase in the south-west corner, and a lecture room above. A lower two-storey wing projects from the south-east elevation. A mid-20th century two-storey extension to the north-east provides an additional staircase and ancillary rooms.

The principal elevation is the north-west gable end. The ground floor features glazed black brick pilasters and a central cross window flanked by a pair of timber garage doors, with a stone plinth and conical bollards marking the garage entrances. Above is a glazed black tile fascia displaying the St John Ambulance Brigade emblem (the Amalfi Cross) and the lettering 'MARKET HARBOROUGH AMBULANCE STATION'. The first floor is of red brick and contains a large Diocletian-style window set within a semi-circular rubbed brick arch supporting a flagpole. Brick pilasters with pronounced banding extend above the roofline. A stone triangular open pediment with corbels and an entablature-style detail accentuates the gable. The rear entrance is on the south-west elevation. This side also has an axial chimney stack and a series of small-paned sash and casement windows set within rubbed brick arches. The north-east elevation is largely blind, with a set-back mid-20th century brick extension. A tiled dado incorporates the St John’s Ambulance Brigade emblem and the dates 1887-1987, commemorating the organisation’s centenary.

The first-floor lecture room features metal trusses with angled struts, pilasters to the side walls, a wood block floor, and a doorcase. The dogleg staircase has stick balusters. The interior doors have been replaced with fire doors.