Archaeology Notes

Event ID 784736

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/784736

NJ90NW 1344.00 centred 94394 06946

Fire Station [NAT]

OS 1:1250 map, 1968.

NJ90NW 1344.01 Centred NJ 9443 0696 260 King Street

NJ90NW 1344.02 Centred NJ 9442 0698 262 King Street

Built in 1897 to the design of A H L Mackinnon, this fire station comprises a three-storeyed main block (ashlar granite) of five bays, each with rusticated arches for vehicle access at ground level, pedimented first-floor windows, and a top balustrade with a coat of arms at its centre. To the N side is an additional three-storeyed three-bay office building, also facing onto King Street. To the rear of the main block there is a tall hose-drying tower of similar granite construction.

Also to the rear is a yard, enclosed by ranges of buildings at the N (built into the slope adjacent to a railway), E and S sides, most of which were to be demolished in 2001 during the conversion of the site to student accommodation.

During August 2000, RCAHMS conducted a photographic survey of the fire station. The purpose of this survey was to enhance and augment RCAHMS' existing holdings.

Visited by RCAHMS (MKO), August 2000.