The Old Fire Station

The Old Fire Station is a fire station that has been converted into public conveniences. It was built in 1885 and features a timber frame on a red and brown brick plinth, clad in painted weatherboard. The roof is plain tiled with a wooden, lead-covered, pyramidal bell cote topped with an iron finial, positioned diagonally across the ridge at the gable end facing the street. The building is single-storeyed and has bargeboards on the gable ends, which are pierced by roundels on the front. There are tall, full-height doors spanning the width of the front, with an octagonal stone plaque above that is dated "S and Am V.F.B.1885." A lantern is supported by a scroll bracket at the gable apex. Each side of the front has two three-light casements with diamond pattern tracery beneath louvred tops. There are also two doors on the right-hand return wall and a pentice-roofed extension at the rear. This building is an interesting example of a later 19th-century purpose-built fire station and serves as a prominent feature in the village center.