Robert Pearsall

Robert Pearsall (3 March 1852 – 1929) was an English architect. He was architect to the London Fire Brigade, for whom he designed several notable fire stations, seven of which are Grade II listed buildings. His work included Woolwich Fire Station, built in 1887,

Early life He was born on 3 March 1852 at Oregon Terrace, Peckham Rye, Surrey (now London), the son of Henry Robert Pearsall, and initially educated at the Islington Proprietary School. He was then articled to Sir Arthur Blomfield, and after studying at the Royal Academy (1871–1873), began to practice in his own account. His notable buildings include several fire stations now Grade II listed including: Tooley Street (1878–79; now Brigade Bar and Bistro) West Norwood Fire Station (1881; now the South London Theatre) 164 Bishopsgate (1885; now a supermarket) Woolwich Fire Station (1887) Manchester Square Fire Station (1889; now a hotel) New Cross Fire Station (1893–94) Fulham Fire Station (1895–96), at 685 Fulham Road, Fulham

Pearsall also designed London fire stations in Stoke Newington (now The Old Fire Station, a community building) and Rosebery Avenue in Clerkenwell (Pearsall designed its extension in 1895–97; the original building was some 25 years older, making it London's oldest operational station when it closed on 9 January 2014).

Pearsall also designed now-demolished London fire stations in Holborn, Kentish Town, Shadwell, North Kensington, and Camden Town.

Pearsall was also a life member of the British Museum,

Personal life On 2 April 1878, he married Libbie Florence Dezill (1859–1899), the daughter of Charles Antoine Ferdinand Dezille who was born in 1829, in Calais, France. and Isabel Bruce Craib who was born on March 22, 1831, in Hampton Wick, London.and settled in Islington London. They had three children together: Estelle Maud Pearsall, Robert Humphrey Pearsall, and Gerald Clifford Swinnerton Pearsall.