Description

The following building shall be added to the list;

MARKET HARBOROUGH ABBEY STREET
SP 7287-7387
Numbers 12 and 14
1/10002
II
GV
Pair of fireman's houses. 1912. By Coales and Johnson for Market
Harborough Urban District Council. Red brick in English bond with
ashlar limestone quoins and band; plain tile roofs. 2 storeys, 2
windows to first floor; reflected pair with doors at centre. Large
quoins to left; the right end bonded into The Old Fire station (q.v.).
Original panelled and part-glazed doors with 4-pane overlights beneath
shared canopy supported on shaped wooden brackets and suspended on
scrolled iron stays. Projecting sills and segmental brick arches to
ground-floor windows linked by flush impost band: number 12 has 12-
pane sash whilst number 14 has UPVC facsimile. First floor: square-
headed 3-light casement with glazing bars to number 12, matching UPVC
casement to number 14. The windows rise into a pair of gables with
dentilled verges. Corniced upstand to quoins on left; end stacks.
Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SP7316387336

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26521909

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)