The Old Fire Station

TQ 0647-0747 SHERE CP MIDDLE STREET (West Side) 12/240 The Old Fire Station

GV II

Fire station, now public conveniences. 1885. Timber framed on red and brown brick plinth clad in painted weatherboard, plain tiled roof with wooden, lead-covered , pyramidal bell cote under iron finial, placed diagonally across the ridge. to the gable end facing the street. Single- storeyed with bargeboards to gable ends pierced by roundels on the front. Tall, full height doors across the width of the front with octagonal stone plaque above dated: "S and Am V.F.B.1885". Lantern on scroll bracket support to gable apex. Two three-light casements with diamond pattern tracery to each side under louvred tops. Two doors to right hand return wall. Pentice roofed extension to rear. The building is an interesting example of a later C19 purpose-built fire station and is a prominent feature in the village centre.

Listing NGR: TQ0730947846