Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council), Rushey Green fire station was located at Rushey Green, Catford, SE London. The widespread adoption of motorised fire engines by the LFB led to a reduction in the number of fire stations required and Rushey Green was deemed too small and surplus to requirements. The structure seen on the roof is a row of pulleys and ropes on which hoses would be pulled up to dry after use at fires.