Municipal Hangar At Shoreham Airport |
Hob Uid: 1459996 | |
Location : West Sussex Adur Lancing
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Grid Ref : TQ2041005115 |
Summary : A double-span VR2 hangar at Shoreham Airport. It was designed and erected in 1935 by the company Boulton and Paul of London and Norfolk. The steel-framed hangar is constructed as a twin-span structure and is built of brick and concrete brick infill. The roof structure is of bolted steel angle frame trusses with steel purlins. It is clad in corrugated asbestos-cement sheeting with some glazing. The floor is made of reinforced concrete slabs. Its two sets of main doors open to the west and north. Along its east- and west side a continuous lean-to has been erected in the 1930s. A lean-to on the south-side is of later date. At the south-west corner is a later brick electricity sub-station. In 1941 the hangar was damaged by bombing and although the framework was left intact, it had lost all its cladding. Before it was fully repaired, two Blister hangars were erected inside the frame. In 1950, after it was fully repaired, it was used by the light aircraft manufacturer F G Miles Ltd and later in 1962 Beagle Aircraft Ltd for aviation component fabrication or as a machine tool shop. In 1971, after Beagle Aircraft went out of production, the hangar was handed back to the local authority as a municipal hangar. Grade II listed. |
More information : A double-span VR2 hangar at Shoreham Airport. It was designed and erected in 1935 by the company Boulton and Paul of London and Norfolk. The steel-framed hangar is constructed as a twin-span structure and is built of brick and concrete brick infill. The roof structure is of bolted steel angle frame trusses with steel purlins. It is clad in corrugated asbestos-cement sheeting with some glazing. The floor is made of reinforced concrete slabs. Its two sets of main doors open to the west and north. Along its east- and west side a continuous lean-to has been erected in the 1930s. A lean-to on the south-side is of later date. At the south-west corner is a later brick electricity sub-station. In 1941 the hangar was damaged by bombing and although the framework was left intact, it had lost all its cladding. Before it was fully repaired, two Blister hangars were erected inside the frame. In 1950, after it was fully repaired, it was used by the light aircraft manufacturer F G Miles Ltd and later in 1962 Beagle Aircraft Ltd for aviation component fabrication or as a machine tool shop. In 1971, after Beagle Aircraft went out of production, the hangar was handed back to the local authority as a municipal hangar. Grade II listed. (1) |