Architectural Plans Central Fire Station

Category

Library Item

Item no

20992

Title

Architectural plans Central Fire Station - Front Elevation

Description

An architectural drawing of the front of the Central Fire Station, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh. The building has three floors and a tower with a viewing platform. Arched entrances on the right give access for the fire engines.

Artist / maker

Morham, Robert

Date

1898

Type

Document

Location

Edinburgh City Archives

Lauriston Place Fire Station was opened in 1900 and is now a Category A Listed building. It was designed by Robert Morham in an Arts & Craft style. It was an operational fire station until 1988, now it is the Headquarters of Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service and home to the Museum of Fire.

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Emergency services and rescue work > Emergency services and rescue work facilities > Fire stations

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

(55°56′42″N, 3°11′55″W)

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