York Historic Environment Record

28 Alma Terrace, formerly known as Copper's Lodge, was a late 19th century police station. Built for the East Riding Constabulary, it originally a Charge-room, three cells and two dwelling houses for resident police officers. After 1884 it became the base of Fulford fire engine. The building is representative of a crucial phase in the expansion of York during which the Imphal Barracks were enlarged (1877/80) and associated development along Fulford Road brought about its incorporation into the City of York in 1884. The building was built to maintain order within the expansion of terraced housing within the area and was a convient distraction for the soliders stationed at the nearby barracks. The site was converted into a guesthouse in the late 1970s and is now private residential housing. The building is made of attractive solid red brick and is nearly symmetrical with arched windows and decorative chimneys and sits prominently on the street corner, adding to the local street view.
York Civic Trust