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| HER Number: | MDV111609 |
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| Name: | Recreation Room at Fremington Camp |
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Summary
Recreation room connected to an adjacent building by a covered walkway.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 511 328 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS53SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Fremington |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | FREMINGTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- RECREATION HUT (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Pears, B. + de-Villiers, S. + Passmore, A., 2014, The Former Fremington Army Camp, Fremington, Devon: Results of an Archaeological Trench Evaluation and Historic Building Survey, Building 23 (Report - non-specific). SDV357013.
Recreation room of clay block construction. Gabled roof under corrugated asbestos sheeting. Connected to building to west by a walkway.
Metal windows. 13 bays with a single wooden doorway in the 2nd from north bay and double wooden doors in the 9th from north bay in the north-east elevation. Single wooden doorway in the 2nd from north bay in the south-west elevation. Double wooden doors in the centre of the north-west elevation.
No internal access; visual inspection through windows. There is a large open plan room at the south-east end, with a low partition wall separating one quarter of the room to the south-east, with a serving area at the north-west end. At the north-west end there is a large open room with a fridge, which seems to be a food preparation area. Then a corridor to the north-west with rooms off it. It has plasterboard ceilings.
The cement-rendered walkway has a hipped roof under corrugated asbestos. It has metal windows. In the south-east elevation are double wooden doors. No internal access; visual inspection through windows. It consists of a series of rooms and a corridor with rooms off this, which appear to be bathrooms. Wooden frames support the roof with plaster board.
Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV357013 | Report - non-specific: Pears, B. + de-Villiers, S. + Passmore, A.. 2014. The Former Fremington Army Camp, Fremington, Devon: Results of an Archaeological Trench Evaluation and Historic Building Survey. AC Archaeology Report. CD754/2/1. A4 Bound + Digital. Building 23. |
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| SDV357601 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #71039 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV59361 | Part of: Fremington Camp (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV5708 - Photographic Recording of Buildings at Fremington Camp
- EDV6551 - Historic Building Survey of the Former Fremington Army Camp (Ref: ACD754)
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 23 2015 7:48AM |
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