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Summary

Main workshops. Construction: rendered 4.5 inch brick with piers at ten feet centres supporting 28 feet span steel trusses carrying corrugated asbestos sheeting. Building roughly 'h'-shaped in plan. Function: one wing contained airframe repair and carpenter's shop, while the other functioned as engine repair and acetylene welders, and blacksmith's shop. The centre section contained fabric workers and machine shop. Building in excellent condition, now used as a garage workshop (francis).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NW/41/47

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WORKSHOP (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV130544.

Francis, p. /blackdown hills airfield survey/(1995)/dunkeswell: 54.

Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery., 45 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.

Main workshops. Construction: rendered 4.5 inch brick with piers at ten feet centres supporting 28 feet span steel trusses carrying corrugated asbestos sheeting. Building roughly 'h'-shaped in plan. Function: one wing contained airframe repair and carpenter's shop, while the other functioned as engine repair and acetylene welders, and blacksmith's shop. The centre section contained fabric workers and machine shop. Building in excellent condition, now used as a garage workshop (francis).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey

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