This former Fire Station
on the Waterloo Road ceased to operate as
that in 1986 when it became the Headquarters
of the London Ambulance Service.
Today, it is a Grade II Listed office
building with a bar occupying the ground
floor.
The building style is
described in its listing notes as, "...
a free version of the Edwardian Baroque"
adding that, ".... On the ground
floor are segmental-headed sash windows
and three asymmetrically placed
vehicular entrances with folding doors
and a lettered frieze in two sections
above, reading LCC FIRE BRIGADE STATION
A.D. 1910 and WATERLOO ROAD. A datestone
announcing the opening of the fire
station is located between the double
doors beneath the LCC frieze. ....
..... On the first
floor, above a moulded cill band, are
seven closely spaced windows with paired
sashes under segmental heads with
advanced triple keystones. On the second
floor are three groups of three taller
sash windows with Gibbs surrounds and
advanced keystones, between which are
two smaller circular windows. The fourth
floor, above a plain cill band, has
seven smaller windows with paired
sashes. The roof has a deep projecting
dentil cornice, four big brick stacks
and seven tall dormer windows under
alternating segmental and triangular
pediments."