London Road

Manchester

Background

Opened in 1906, the landmark Edwardian Baroque style fire station – which stands opposite Piccadilly Station in the heart of Manchester City Centre – operated as the brigade’s headquarters for eighty years until its closure in 1986.

In addition to housing firemen and their families, the building featured a police station, ambulance station, bank and coroner’s court.

Standing predominantly empty since its closure, it was not until 2018 that renovation work commenced. The plan is to create innovative working spaces, luxury apartments, a boutique hotel and curated spaces for leisure and cultural events.

Our Work

We were delighted to partner with Quadriga, having previously worked with them on smaller projects, in the restoration of the 290 original windows.

Simon O’Reilly, Contracts Manager at Quadriga, said: “We are pleased to be working alongside ERW at London Road Fire Station as they restore the historic windows to the courtyard. Due to the building’s listed nature, it was vital to bring on a specialist with heritage experience to carry out the work.”

In cases where the windows were too damaged to be repaired, our craftsmen skilfully replaced them with replicas to maintain the character of the historic building.

Three of our installers worked on-site for the duration of the project and all windows were manufactured in our Skipper’s Lane workshop.

The End Result

Being awarded the contract was a testament to our skills and craftsmanship in the renovation of heritage buildings.

It was a pleasure, as always, to work alongside Quadriga to restore such a historic building back to its former glory. Whilst there are still works to be undertaken for the restoration to be completed, every measure has been put in place by the owners to ensure works are completed sympathetically and in keeping with this extraordinary building.