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Report - Littleover Old Hall / Derbyshire Fire & Rescue HQ, Derby – July 2021

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MotionlessMike

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The former Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service Headquarters was vacated in 2018 after 45 years on site when the team moved alongside the Derbyshire Police HQ at Butterley Hall in Ripley. The 5 acre site consists of a varying range of buildings, from 1980s office blocks, 1950s training & development centre and a large Victorian mansion known as Littleover Old Hall.

The site was sold in 2020 and the majority is now owned by Ivygrove Developments who have a planning application to build 14 detached houses on the land where the current offices and training centres stand.

Littleover Old Hall and its large gardens were recently put back on the market for an eye-watering £3,000,000.

Littleover Old Hall

Starting with the nicest part of the site. Partly modernised bland offices, partly still a very nice Victorian mansion with oak panelling and nice original plasterwork. Considering this is less than ten minutes from my front door, a very enjoyable wander.

Some history:

Arts & Craft house of 1898 by Alexander Macpherson of Derby[…] replacing a late Elizabethan house. Spacious interior, galleried hallway and stairs, much light oak panelling and Neo-Jacobean ribbed ceilings.

Sold in 1934 to Harold Walker, a wallpaper manufacturer from London, with nearly ten acres. During WW2 the outbuildings were converted into decontamination centre in anticipation of gas attacks.

Sold again in 1954 to Rolls-Royce as offices for the nuclear program. Sold on by Royce’s in 1971 to County Council as Fire & Rescue Service HQ offices.’

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'Orangery'

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Upstairs

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Couple more bits from the ground floor

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MotionlessMike

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Offices

Large 1980’s office block was pretty dull as can be imagined. No vandalism, theft of copper piping and a few working PIRs but the alarm panel is dead.

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Training & Development Centre

Slightly more interesting than the offices, this building looks like it dates from Rolls-Royce’s time of ownership. Modernist in appearance and nice crittall style windows. Been smashed up to fook by kids and pikeys though with the floor covered in smashed pieces of ceramic bathroom sinks.

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Sports hall

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Some fireman swag to end on...

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Calamity Jane

i see beauty in the unloved, places & things
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Nicely covered, I like the 1st bit. Lots of lovely wood panels and open spaces, all the curved arches are great. The sunlight makes for lovely shadows. The staircase has to be the highlight here:cool:
 

mookster

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Was here today as in the area. Surprised to see a few of our favourite goon stickers stuck in the place which can only mean it'll be a tourbus stop very soon given how easy it is.
 

mookster

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There were some unsubtle idiots in there last time I went.

Totally dead when I went, which was surprising. Decent place tbh, nice to have a large stress-free wander. Saw a few parts I don't know if you missed or not, the maintenance stores next to the building that housed all the electrical gear and the little boiler room off the sports hall building.
 

MotionlessMike

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Totally dead when I went, which was surprising. Decent place tbh, nice to have a large stress-free wander. Saw a few parts I don't know if you missed or not, the maintenance stores next to the building that housed all the electrical gear and the little boiler room off the sports hall building.

Yeah it's not a bad place for a wander. I haven't actually seen it posted anywhere else yet tbh.

The boiler bit was open, don't think I saw the maintenance stores. Anything in the basement of the hall? I was interrupted in there and forgot to look!
 

mookster

grumpy sod
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Yeah it's not a bad place for a wander. I haven't actually seen it posted anywhere else yet tbh.

The boiler bit was open, don't think I saw the maintenance stores. Anything in the basement of the hall? I was interrupted in there and forgot to look!

Nothing really of note down there sadly artifact wise, but it was a nice unmodernised part of the hall with original brick shelving, unfortunately nothing really left down there except some old cabinets!
 

ButtrDog

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Currently an active construction site and one of the halls is completely gone, would've loved to see the gorgeous interior
 

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