Manchester Square Fire Station, London

Manchester Square Fire Station, between Baker Street and Manchester Street, was built in 1889 on land belonging to the Portman Estate. Designed by Robert Pearsall, the building was one of a number of publicly-funded fire stations built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the London County Council from 1890) in the decades either side of 1900.

The building was constructed in a style derived from the grand London work of Lewis Vulliamy, and served as a template for LCC fire stations built well into the twentieth century. 22 new fire stations were constructed between 1898 and 1908, all of which echoed the construction of Manchester Square. The pioneering nature of the station’s design and construction is reflected in the fact of its listing.

AHP provided an overview of the early development of the site. Our report examined the plan, construction, decoration and technological function of the fire station, and charted its subsequent alterations.

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