Cottages To The Rear Of The Fire Station

These are four terraced cottages built around 1901 for firemen, located to the rear of the fire station in Camden. They were designed by the London County Council’s Architect’s Department with job architect WA Scott. The cottages are built of rendered brick, with the ground floor originally exposed brick. They have Westmorland slate roofs with small, rectangular glazed panels (deadlights) and tall brick stacks positioned centrally and on the gable ends.

Each cottage is two rooms deep and has two storeys. The front elevation features one window at ground floor level and a continuous strip of six windows at eaves level to each pair of cottages. The ground floor windows are 3-light casements. The front doors are paired, panelled and have glazed upper sections (overlights), with simple, wooden hoods above. The left-hand door is a 20th-century replacement. Entrances are flanked by casement windows with small panes. The rear of the cottages has 20th-century single-storey bathroom extensions.

Internally, the cottages feature stairs positioned between the party walls. Sitting rooms have panelled airing cupboards on the first floor. Many of the original panelled doors, moulded window frames, and picture rails remain, along with some original window furniture. The fire station cottages are part of a group with the adjacent fire station.