Hampton Fire Station in Thames Street
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Hampton Fire Station in Thames Street
Hampton Fire Station in Thames Street
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SC_PHL_01_693_73_35_223_13A (Collage 164772)
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The London Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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This view shows the old fire station at 42 Thames Street in the Hampton Village conservation area of Richmond-upon-Thames. Listed locally as a Building of Townscape Merit, it came into service in 1898 and is now used as the offices of BPS Broadcast and Production Services. Hampton's Volunteer Fire Brigade was formed in 1885 by Robert Graham (1845-1922), a sportsman and businessman who served as the brigade's captain for thirty-six years. The brigade and the fire station can be seen in action filmed as a staged fire at the nearby Red Lion Inn, which was due to be demolished for road widening. Made in 1908, 'Fire at the Historic Inn at Hampton' (16 mins / silent) can be viewed online via the BFI Player, complete with sequences showing horse-drawn steam pump carriages and hand-pushed ladder equipment emerging from the arched carriage doorway shown in the photograph. Also shown beyond the old fire station on the north side of the street is a group of historic houses at 34-40. Number 40 is thought to have been used at one time as a grocer's shop and is listed locally as a Building of Townscape Merit. Number 38 was at one time the Crown Inn. Built in the eighteenth-century, it was Grade II listed in 1983, listing number 1252978. The small shop building at number 36 with the oriel window is also listed locally, as is the taller building at number 34. Signs of removed buildings are visible in the brickwork to the old fire station's flanking wall. A modern concrete lamp post appears to tower above the fire station building, serving as a reminder that historic Thames Street now forms a short stretch of the A308 route connecting Windsor with Kingston-upon-Thames. A Ford Cortina and a Ford Escort van are shown driving past.
This view shows the old fire station at 42 Thames Street in the Hampton Village conservation area of Richmond-upon-Thames. Listed locally as a Building of Townscape Merit, it came into service in 1898 and is now used as the offices of BPS Broadcast and Production Services. Hampton's Volunteer Fire Brigade was formed in 1885 by Robert Graham (1845-1922), a sportsman and businessman who served as the brigade's captain for thirty-six years. The brigade and the fire station can be seen in action filmed as a staged fire at the nearby Red Lion Inn, which was due to be demolished for road widening. Made in 1908, 'Fire at the Historic Inn at Hampton' (16 mins / silent) can be viewed online via the BFI Player, complete with sequences showing horse-drawn steam pump carriages and hand-pushed ladder equipment emerging from the arched carriage doorway shown in the photograph. Also shown beyond the old fire station on the north side of the street is a group of historic houses at 34-40. Number 40 is thought to have been used at one time as a grocer's shop and is listed locally as a Building of Townscape Merit. Number 38 was at one time the Crown Inn. Built in the eighteenth-century, it was Grade II listed in 1983, listing number 1252978. The small shop building at number 36 with the oriel window is also listed locally, as is the taller building at number 34. Signs of removed buildings are visible in the brickwork to the old fire station's flanking wall. A modern concrete lamp post appears to tower above the fire station building, serving as a reminder that historic Thames Street now forms a short stretch of the A308 route connecting Windsor with Kingston-upon-Thames. A Ford Cortina and a Ford Escort van are shown driving past.
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