Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3378 OLD KENT ROAD
636-1/8/546 (South side)
27/04/89 Nos.306-312 (Even)
Former Fire Station

II

Fire station. 1903-4. by LCC Architects' Department.
MATERIALS: red brick with Portland Stone dressings; slate
mansard roof with dormers; brick ridge and lateral stacks with
stone bands and cornicing.
PLAN: L-plan.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys and attic; 6 bays, outer bays framed by
pilaster and quoin strips with alternate stone blocks rising
to simple blocked entablature and dentilled cornice (hacked
away in part).
Projecting ground-floor elevation of stone ashlar with 4- and
5-light stone mullioned and transomed windows to left of
double entries for engines (blocked up at time of survey) and
moulded cornice to sunk parapet surmounted by iron railings.
Flat-roofed dormers and stacks flank double-gabled central
dormers with banded brick and stone facade and 4 keyed
segmental-arched 12-pane sashes. All windows are 12-pane
sashes with segmental brick arches, except those on 3rd floor
which are flat.
Similar 6-bay left-hand return to Shorncliffe Road with
mullioned and transomed windows and triple-keyed
segmental-arched blocked architrave to doorway; canted end bay
framed by similar pilaster and quoin strips; similar cornice
and flat-roofed dormer. Narrow tower to rear has
segmental-arched openings and stone ashlar upper stage
surmounted by open pediment.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ3360078340

Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)