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| HER Number: | MDV56543 |
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| Name: | Commanding Officer's Quarters and Officers' Mess, Dunkeswell Airfield |
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Summary
Site 3 (communal) commanding officer's quarters and officer's' mess. St14190676 and st14230679. Construction: rendered 4.5 inch brick with piers at ten feet centres supporting 28 feet span steel trusses carrying corrugated asbestos sheeting. Function: commanding officer's residence and officers' mess for up to 100 officers. Mess consisting of four buildings linked together to provide kitchen, scullery wash-up area, officers' mess, ante-room and card and writing rooms. Now part used as a dwelling and part as a store (francis).
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 141 067 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST10NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Dunkeswell |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | DUNKESWELL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NW/42/7/1
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- OFFICERS MESS (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV130461.
Francis, p. /blackdown hills airfield survey/(1995)/dunkeswell: 95.
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery., 58 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Site 3 (communal) commanding officer's quarters and officer's' mess. St14190676 and st14230679. Construction: rendered 4.5 inch brick with piers at ten feet centres supporting 28 feet span steel trusses carrying corrugated asbestos sheeting. Function: commanding officer's residence and officers' mess for up to 100 officers. Mess consisting of four buildings linked together to provide kitchen, scullery wash-up area, officers' mess, ante-room and card and writing rooms. Now part used as a dwelling and part as a store (francis).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV130461 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery.. Blackdown Hills AONB. Digital + A4. 58. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV78754 | Part of: Dispersed Accommodation Site 3, Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument) |
| MDV45090 | Related to: Dunkeswell Airfield, Dunkeswell (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 27 2015 10:50AM |
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