Old Fire Station

The Old Fire Station is a Grade II listed former fire station in Renfrew Road, Kennington, London SE11. It was built in 1868 for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, by the architect Edward Cresy, and extended in 1896 for the London County Council, by the architect Robert Pearsall and his assistants.

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Type: Residential building
Description: fire station in Lambeth, London, England, UK
Also known as: “Former Fire Station”, “Old Fire Station, Kennington”, and “The Old Firestation”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lambeth Magistrates’ Court and Cinema Museum.

Lambeth Magistrates’ Court

Community center

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Lambeth Magistrates' Court is a former magistrates' court building in Renfrew Road, Kennington SE11, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It was originally known as Lambeth Police Court.

Cinema Museum

Museum

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The Cinema Museum is a museum in Kennington, London. Its collection was founded in 1986 by Ronald Grant and Martin Humphries, from their own private collection of cinema history and memorabilia. Cinema Museum is situated 360 feet north of Old Fire Station.

Imperial War Museum

Museum

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The Imperial War Museum, currently branded "Imperial War Museums", is a British national museum. Its headquarters are in London, with five branches in England. Imperial War Museum is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Old Fire Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kennington and Kennington Cross.

Kennington

Suburb

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kennington is a district in South London, England. It is mainly within the London Borough of Lambeth, running along the boundary with the London Borough of Southwark, a boundary which can be discerned from the early medieval period between the Lambeth and St George's parishes of those boroughs respectively.

Kennington Cross

Neighborhood

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Kennington Cross is a locality in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is at the junction of two major roads, Kennington Lane that links Vauxhall Cross with the Elephant and Castle and Kennington Road that runs from Waterloo to Kennington Park.