The 15 bases were believed to be poisoned as a consequence of undetermined activity during the Second World War. Use our map search to find more listed places. The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The RAF Mildenhall members worked alongside Royal Air Force members from 15 Squadron, RAF Honington; No. RAF Henlow officially opened on May 8, 1918, just a month after the Royal Air Force was formed. The Ministry of Defence announced on 6 September 2016 that the base is set to be closed following a consultation. Discover and use our high-quality applied research to support the protection and management of the historic environment. - 24th November 2011 at 10:45 Permalink Otherwise a single large working space; on each of the longer sides is a low single-storey set of stores or offices, occupying the central bays, set outside the main volume. The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. Follow this link for more information about the investment opportunity. Editors' Code of Practice. After I left school and college after training as a surveyor in London l made a conscious decision to specialise in the purchase, preservation of not only married quarters but technical domestic and airfield sites. Photographer: Unknown photographer for John Laing plc, Historic England Archive John Laing Collection. User contributions are not fact checked and do not represent the official position of Historic England. This has retained an extensive group of married quarters, executed in the Garden City tradition, and barracks and office buildings dated 1933-5 which display unique architectural treatment for a military air base: the most consistently well-handled of these buildings is the officers' mess. This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. The War Office had issued instructions for the construction of repair depots for each RFC Command, further to heightened awareness of the need to train more men in the rapid repair of aircraft and aero engines in order to sustain the war effort. The dining room has a flat segmental plaster panelled ceiling above a continuous horizontal moulded architrave, panelled doors in moulded architraves, wall pilasters, and high-level windows. Explore the many ways you can help to support the incredibly rich and varied heritage. Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. 22 Married Quarters RAF Hemswell, Lincs. Officers' Mess. A group of volunteers from The Friends of Balaam's Wood Local Nature Reserve clearing brambles at Gannow Green Moated Site, New Frankley in Birmingham, Two horsemen reading The Sportsman, 30 Oct 1902, Farnborough, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. The brickwork is swept in at the haunches above the eaves-line and carried up high to a simple capping. The first service personnel arrived (from Farnborough) in May 1918, and a limited output of Bristol fighters and Haviland aircraft was achieved by the Armistice. This has retained an extensive group of married quarters, executed in the Garden City tradition, and barracks and office buildings dated 1933-5 which display unique architectural treatment for a military air base: the most consistently well-handled of these buildings is the officers' mess. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Under the heading 'Aviation' is a reference to our ownership of DC3s and Devons/Doves. The links each side have a lower eaves and roof-line, and are in 6 bays, with 16-pane sashes. Parachute training, including SOE officers, was another key function of the base. I have done a bit of research on Quarters and seem to get varied responses. contact the editor here. Originally the doors opened to brick 'pylons' outside the outer bays, but one only of these now remains, on the outer end, right, to shed 189; this is in red brick, with three sets of paired piers carrying thin brick stiffening diaphragms with straight top but segmental lower edge - similar to the internal construction. At one stage in 1941, in Operation Quickforce, about 100 Henlow fitters were trained for the assembly of Hurricanes on carriers en route for Malta, to which the completed planes were flown off deck. By: REF The estate once provided accommodation for families at Lightning jet fighter base RAF Binbrook. The UK Military Arms Control and Verification Centre has been there since the 1990s, as well as the Headquarters RAF Provost and Security Services. A significant period was during the Battle of Britain in 1940: Hurricanes manufactured in Canada were crated in, assembled at Henlow and flown onto front-line bases. The entrance lobby and hall to the main block gives to bar and lounge, writing room and similar public spaces, with the large dining room set centrally but transversely to the rear. Roofs all low-pitched hipped. In 1947 the School of Aeronautical Engineering became the RAF Technical College, moving to Cranwell in 1965.The most complete group of early buildings at Henlow comprises the five General Service Sheds which, although subjected to some external alteration, comprise the most complete ensemble of hangar buildings on any British site for the period up to 1923. HENLOW 346/0/10009 Buildings 186,187, 188 and 189 (aircra As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. BUILDINGS 186,187, 188 AND 189 (AIRCRAFT HANGARS), RAF HENLOW, Listed on the National Heritage List for England. [13], During the Second World War Henlow was used to assemble the Hawker Hurricanes which had been built at the Hurricane factory operated by Canadian Car and Foundry in Fort William, Ontario, Canada, under the leadership of Elsie MacGill. It formerly hosted light aircraft flying and 616 Volunteer Gliding Squadron. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public. There is a Facebook page: WAGS of Henlow, where there is an extremely good support network, but also there is less expectation to adapt to the RAF side of life when you're not in the RAF. Married Quarters - 1940s to 1980s | Key Aero HISTORY: Dated 1933, this officers' mess illustrates through its handling and detail the impact of consultation with the Royal Fine Arts Commission on military airfield architecture. By: rogcoll - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00, Also worth registering and asking here:http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/forum.php, By: wessex boy I once worked with a guy who had been with his girlfriend for 10 years and they had 3 children. (If I am eligible of course). [30][31], Intelligence Corps (1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade), No. Is it just ex RAF quarters that you buy? 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Coupled maintenance shed. Today, it houses restored aircraft from the RAFs history in a hangar that dates back to 1917. PLAN: A characteristic symmetrical layout, with 2-storey central block containing public rooms and mess, with transverse axial main mess, and kitchens with services to the rear. The Royal Air Force show off improved accommodation for married servicemen.GV old style Exterior Air. Parachute training, including SOE officers, was another key function of the base. At one stage in 1941, in Operation Quickforce, about 100 Henlow fitters were trained for the assembly of Hurricanes on carriers en route for Malta, to which the completed planes were flown off deck. It is the most distinguished of a well-planned and handled series of buildings built on the domestic site at RAF Henlow in the 1932-4 period, with gauged detail to sand-faced external brickwork and high-quality internal treatment. 01-DEC-05 , RAF Henlow. It houses the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, the Joint Arms Control Implementation Group, the RAF Signals Museum and 616 Volunteer Gliding Squadron . The parish council website adds that the homes were built to a very high standard, some as early as 1938/39 and others as late as the mid 1950s. Picture: Crown Copyright 2018. Now all sold off . If you need any other info, feel free to give me a shout. I believe I will predominately be based at Chicksands for around a year/18 months for training and wondered at what point I will be able to apply? This copy shows the entry on 01-May-2023 at 22:04:40. I started humming 'whale meat again..'! The RAF Mildenhall members worked alongside Royal Air Force members from 15 Squadron, RAF Honington; No. By: TonyT "We have decided that five. Construction at Henlow - conveniently served by the Midland Railway - was begun in 1917, and some of the more substantial structures including the hangars date from this time; the last of the huts dating from this period were demolished in the 1970s. UK RAF Stations Map | Royal Air Force Any photographs of these MQs would be greatly appreciated. BUILDING 190 (COUPLED GENERAL SERVICE SHED), RAF HENLOW, Listed on the National Heritage List for England. - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00. Same branch, entry date only I have two children. - 24th November 2011 at 00:02 Permalink Historic England holds an extensive range of publications and historic collections in its public archive covering the historic environment. British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website. All rights reserved. If you want to add or update a link, you Homes used to house RAF personnel have been put up for sale as a job lot. Using an old browser means that some parts of our website might not work correctly. This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest. They are Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Venning Barracks, RAF Henlow, Chilwell Station and RAF Halton. We want to build, but the local plan, the local authority is yet to catch up with what we actually want to do. BUILDING 370 WITH 330 (OFFICER'S MESS), RAF HENLOW - Historic England After returning to the UK from our two housing schemes opposite the Pentagon Washington DC in 1980 I purchased the first site which comprised 127 former NCO quarters at RAF Faldingworth, north of Lincoln. Full height and width doors, eight leaves to each opening, are in cross-braced steel framing exposed externally over corrugated cladding, and at each outer end is the original 'pylon' to take the stacked doors. It is well-suited for accessing the above major towns, as well as the regional road network, including the M180 leading west, and east coast seaside towns.". ex MOD and MQ sites 1979 - 2014 - Derelict Places - 25th November 2011 at 12:16 Permalink Use our map search to find more listed places. Find out about services offered by Historic England for funding, planning, education and research, as well as training and skill development. [19] The original tower and parts of the airfield were seen in several scenes in the 1969 war film 'The Battle of Britain'. planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself. It's just a case of selecting RAF Henlow as your preferred living area. A group of volunteers from The Friends of Balaam's Wood Local Nature Reserve clearing brambles at Gannow Green Moated Site, New Frankley in Birmingham, Two horsemen reading The Sportsman, 30 Oct 1902, Farnborough, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. This is linked to 2-storey ranges, set back from the main block, and on each side with long returned arms brought forward to enclose a broad entrance courtyard. For any other issue or if you need help, please email: Our website works best with the latest version of the browsers below, unfortunately your browser is not supported. The bronze figure forms part of 'St Michaels Victory over the Devil', which was unveiled at the cathedral by Epsteins widow, Kathleen, in 1960. The right wing has 4 brick stacks on the inner roof slope, and the left wing, two. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. As this was the first of our purchases I applied an American concept to these houses by the installation of a swimming pool and club house which were donated to all the buyers. Using an old browser means that some parts of our website might not work correctly. At one stage in 1941, in Operation Quickforce, about 100 Henlow fitters were trained for the assembly of Hurricanes on carriers en route for Malta, to which the completed planes were flown off deck. Work started 3 weeks ago, the air raid shelter from out side the H block was moved to The museum around 5 years ago. Terracotta tiles on the roof of Saintoft Lodge, Newton-on-Rawcliffe, Ryedale, North Yorkshire. 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Picture: Crown Copyright 2018 (Image: MOD Crown Copyright 2018). User contributions are not fact checked and do not represent the official position of Historic England. Annington is giving a new lease of life to the homes, formerly military married quarters, by lightly refurbishing them to provide homes for local first-time buyers and growing families. See how you can help. - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00. Red facing brick in Flemish bond, Portland stone dressings, slate roofs.PLAN: A characteristic symmetrical layout, with 2-storey central block containing public rooms and mess, with transverse axial main mess, and kitchens with services to the rear. After the Second World War began in 1939, the Bedfordshire base became one of the biggest RAF maintenance units and was used to assemble Hawker Hurricane fighters shipped to the UK from Canada. Our site may be seen at www.welbeckestate.com and under 'Projects and Management profile' the ex MOD projects may be seen. Construction at Henlow - conveniently served by the Midland Railway - was begun in 1917, and some of the more substantial structures including the hangars date from this time; the last of the huts dating from this period were demolished in the 1970s. This site uses cookies. Premium Key Aero subscribers get access to read all our magazines online as soon as they leave the editors desk. Parachute training, including SOE officers, was another key function of the base. 54 houses and a former RAF canteen at community that took name of old plague village, Sign up to our free email alerts for the top daily stories sent straight to your e-mail. In its role as a training base for skilled engineers and equipping operational stations with the latest aircraft it became, with Cranwell, Halton and Uxbridge, one of the RAF's largest bases, accommodating some 7000 of various nationalities in 1940. Egoat may be another source, register and ask there too. This was formed from the RAF School of Aeronautical Engineering, formerly at RAF Farnborough, and its purpose was to train cadets and engineering officers. The Aircraft Riggers' School was brought in after 1935, and during the Second World War it performed a vital function as one of the RAF's largest Maintenance Units, overhauling, repairing and modifying a wide range of fighters and bombers, from Spitfires and Typhoons to Lancasters. Heritage Apprentices in a training session on the Researching The Historic Environment module and training in Architectural Photography. Bomber Command HQ RAF Bawtry, S.Yorks. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. We have decided that five sites will be part of a phase withdrawal and disposal, he said. BUILDING 190 (COUPLED GENERAL SERVICE SHED), RAF HENLOW, Henlow - 1391624 | Historic England Home Listing Search the List List Entry BUILDING 190 (COUPLED GENERAL SERVICE SHED), RAF HENLOW BUILDING 190 (COUPLED GENERAL SERVICE SHED), RAF HENLOW Listed on the National Heritage List for England. An extra area was added in early 1920, and in March of that year Henlow became the Inland Area Aircraft Depot; it was thus one of a very small number of airfields retained for use after November 1918, in its role as the RAF's flight test and maintenance centre forming a vital element within Sir Hugh Trenchard's newly-independent air force. The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Lounge has brick fire surround, polished oak dado panelling and doors, picture rail and ceiling cornice. A small box eaves is carried all round, on a cyma mould to the centre. For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948. This 100-ft span shed, whose span reflected the greater scale of military aircraft late in 1918, represents the first move from wood to metal trusses in RAF hangar design: it is the only example to have survived. [10] Between 1932 and 1933, Sir Frank Whittle was a student at the RAF technical College on the base. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to To each side at the ground floor the central bay has a pair of glazed French doors with louvred shutters. - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00, At Finningley in the 1980s there was not enough room in the Sergeant's Mess for all of the newly qualified Aircrew Sergeants, so we were put into a section of MQs on base called 'Gatehouse', It served as a bit of an epicentre for fun and um interesting behavioursee this thread on pprune for a flavour:http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/243560-gatehouse.html, By: Box Brownie Explore the many ways you can help to support the incredibly rich and varied heritage. Speaking to the Forces Network afterwards, Mr Ellwood explained why planned closures had changed, saying: The challenges are, if you want to vacate a site, where are you going to move them to? Entry Name: Building 370 with 330 (Officer's Mess), RAF Henlow, Location: Holwellbury, Central Bedfordshire, SG16, Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire, 346/0/10012 Building 370 with 330 (Officer's Mess) It houses the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, the Joint Arms Control Implementation Group(JACIG), elements of Defence Equipment and Support, and the Signals Museum. Below are just some of our members who have served at RAF Henlow. RAF Henlow is a Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, equidistant from Bedford, Luton and Stevenage. This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest. 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Brookenby Parish Council's website tells the interesting tale of how modern-day Brookenby borrowed its name from a much earlier 'plaque village' that disappeared off the map. RAF Stanbridge is an RAF base situated on the outskirts of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive. During his speech in the House of Commons, Mr Ellwood also confirmed that work is being done to help military personnel and their families after stations are closed. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900.© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2023. [15] The finished Hurricanes were completed on the decks of the carriers and flown out to Malta. 42 Married Quarters RAF Shotley Gate (HMS Ganges) 210 USAF MQs RAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk and 235 Acre Tech. This has retained an extensive group of married quarters, executed in the Garden City tradition, and barracks and office buildings dated 1933-5 which display unique architectural treatment for a military air base. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Buildings 186, 187 and 188 are in 16 bays each, and 52 m long overall, with two clear spans, each of 24.3; Building 189 is in 15 bays, and with two clear spans, each of 30.5m, otherwise the designs are identical. [9], After the First World War, Henlow was home to four aircraft squadrons; No. You may be disgusted, offended or simply bemused by this suggestion and bleat about how life isn't fair and discrimination etc, but you have a child and if your relationship is 'like being married' then do it. Emergency contact. See our extensive range of expert advice to help you care for and protect historic places. Parachute training, including SOE officers, was another key function of the base. Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Group of four paired aircraft hangars in line. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, 1st Floor, Chartist Tower, Upper Dock Street, Newport, Wales, NP20 1DW Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. 43 Squadron RAF and No. Building 189 differs only in having wider main spans.INTERIOR: Main spaces have plain concrete floors, except where modified for eg a gymnasium. Pointless signs - meaningless, daft or just plain nonsense. 7 Force Protection Wing Headquarters, RAF Coningsby, during a mission rehearsal exercise lasting several days. Search over 400,000 listed places Overview Read about our current news, projects and campaigns nationally and in your area. But, while updating Parliament on plans for 33 military sites last Thursday, defence minister Tobias Ellwood confirmed that RAF Henlow will now be closing by 2023. This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. By 1924, when it was selected as the permanent home of the School of Aeronautical Engineering, Henlow was producing 35 engines and 15 aircraft each month. The base looks after the Supply Central Computer System. 172 Married Quarters RAF West Raynham 185 acre airfield site including tech site & 4 hangars. The Centre of Aviation Medicine, Band of Queen's Division and Defence Equipment and Support also call Henlow their home. The properties at Mayflower Park are situated close to RAF Henlow. RAF Henlow was established in 1917 as the Eastern Command Repair Depot, raised to Group status in 1965 and still in RAF hands. This site is entirely user-supported. [23], Henlow then hosted the RAF Signals Engineering Establishment and the Radio Engineering Unit, established in 1980. 80 Squadron RAF. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from RAF Henlow. RAF Stanbridge - Regiment History, War & Military Records & Archives By: PeterVerney As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Why don't you be the first to send us one? The bronze figure forms part of 'St Michaels Victory over the Devil', which was unveiled at the cathedral by Epsteins widow, Kathleen, in 1960.