Description

REDRUTH FALMOUTH ROAD
SW 64 SE
(east side)
11/263
Fire Station
20.11.87
GV II
Fire station, now store. c.1900. Uncoursed killas rubble with granite
dressings, slate roof. Rectangular 2 1/2-unit plan. Tall single storey with
small turret; 2 tall wagon doorways with altered doors and deep 5-pane
overlights; to the left of these a narrow doorway to the same height, with
2-stage overlight in the upper half; moulded cornice carried across,
parapet with moulded coping; above the doorway to the left, a stone plaque
with raised lettering:-
"FIRE
STATION"
placed at the base of a single-stage corner turret which is square in
section but with chamfered corners, and has a narrow 10-pane sashed window
to the front and narrower openings in the sides, a moulded cornice carried
round, low parapet with moulded coping, and an octagonal siren on the roof,
with pyramidal cap. Metal ventilator with conical cap on centre of roof
ridge.

Listing NGR: SW6986441815

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26435393

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)