The fire station on London Road

Designed and built by Woodhouse, Willoughby & Langham from 1904-1906.
For the first half of the 20th Century it was the home of the Manchester Fire Brigade.
It is now a Grade II listed building in the Whitworth Street conservation area. Since 2001 the building has been listed as “at risk” by English Heritage. In February 2006 a private company called Argent, developers of nearby Piccadilly, published plans to transform the 100,000 sq ft of useable space in the building into a music and arts venue. There would be a 100-bed hotel and a mix of other uses each taking up about 5-10,000 sq ft: recording studios, private club, music academy and archive. The city council has since backed the plans. The building's owner, hotelier Alex Langsam, has proposed to revamp the landmark to include an hotel, offices for his company and a fire station museum. A stand off, almost certainly ending in a compulsory purchase order, now seems likely. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x736, 372 KB) The Victorian fire station on Piccadilly Taken 15th August 2004 on a cheap digital camera File links The following pages link to this file: London Road Fire Station (Manchester) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x736, 372 KB) The Victorian fire station on Piccadilly Taken 15th August 2004 on a cheap digital camera File links The following pages link to this file: London Road Fire Station (Manchester) Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...