Phoenix Fire Office

[1] The history of the company includes the nostalgia of red-coated attendants clattering to the fires of London on horse-drawn tenders.

In 1796, the company refused to pay damages awarded of £3,000 (2021: £310,000) following a 1792 fire at a house in Tavistock Street, London.

Phoenix claimed that the owners had failed to obtain a certificate from the ministers and churchwardens of the parish affirming the good character of the victims.

Phoenix issued a writ of error to appeal against the original decision.

[4] The company built a new head office at 3-7 King William Street, erected in 1915,[5] on a design by John Macvicar Anderson and his son Henry Lennox Anderson.

The Phoenix fire station in Cockspur Street, 1873
Building formerly known as Phoenix House on King William Street, the company's seat from 1915 to 1983