Built between 1904 and 1906, it provided a fire station,
on-site apartments for 40 firemen's families, a police station
and a coroner's court.  It was abandoned in the 1980s and
bought by a 'developer' who was supposed to be converting
it to a hotel.  It never happened and the building was left
derelict for nearly 30 years.

 Thankfully it is now owned by a more enlightened
developer, Allied London, and is now undergoing
restoration and conversion work which will include
a hotel, bars, restaurants, community uses
and a museum.

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