Name: | Brighton old fire station 02 |
Address: | 1A-2 Wyndham Street |
Town: | Brighton |
Brigade: | East Sussex |
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Year Range: |
1866-? |
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Confirmed Latitude/Longitude: | 50.819813 North 00.128892 West |
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Further Information/ Provenance: | |
http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__8084.aspx
- incorrectly states building on Wyndham Street/St James Street as fire station
Kelly's Directory 1867
- "Corporation Fire Brigade & Engine House, New Road, William Thos. Quartermain, inspector; & engine houses, 115 Western Road & Grafton Street"
http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__8122_path__0p114p421p726p.aspx
- by 1860s, engine and escape kept here
https://www.brightonhistory.org.uk/streets/streets_w.html
- 1A-2 Wyndham Street, the old fire station, was built 1865-66 to a red-brick gothic design by Brighton architect/surveyor I Johnson for Henry Hill, a plaque dating the building to 1866, and converted for use as a fire station c1900. Grade II listed [believe this description was not fire station]
Post Office directory [date unknown, page 2850]
- Fire Engine Houses & Police Stations, Grafton Street & West Hill Road |
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