The Lodge, Formerly Clapham Old Fire Station

The Lodge, formerly Clapham Old Fire Station, is a two-storey Gothic style building constructed in 1868 to the design of architect Edward Cresy Junior, who was responsible for designing fire stations for the London Fire Brigade. It is built of polychrome brickwork, with stock brick in a Flemish bond, incorporating bands and alternating voussoirs in red brick. The roof is slate-covered and features four brick chimneystacks, originally taller but now reduced, finished with a moulded band.

The building has a symmetrical design with four windows facing the front and five windows at the rear, featuring sash windows with horns but lacking glazing bars. All ground floor windows possess a dripmould. A moulded brick cornice and plinth define the exterior. A central projecting pediment with an oculus on both the front and rear elevations creates a cruciform plan. The front elevation's pediment originally contained arched windows on the first floor, and large arches on the ground floor that supported fire engine gates. These ground floor arches were later filled in; one with a large early 20th-century pointed arched window to match the other windows, and the other with double doors and a casement window above. The rear elevation also features three pointed arched sash windows within the pediment, with the central ground floor window blocked. The side elevations are windowless.

The interior retains original joinery, including a staircase with stick balusters and square newel posts, moulded door and window architraves, and four-panelled doors.

Before 1868, an earlier fire station occupied the site, but it was decided to construct a new building. Constructed for £615 by a local builder, J Blackmore, the fire station became operational on 9 October 1868. In 1902, the London County Council (LCC) built a new fire station in Old Town, and following the expiry of a 45 year lease in 1912, Clapham Old Fire Station was transferred to the LCC for use as a residence for the officer in charge of the Common and for other service purposes, remaining in domestic use thereafter. Edward Cresy Junior is known to have designed 26 fire stations, but only two others survive substantially complete, one with a later extension; Clapham Old Fire Station is the only suburban example to survive.