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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 of the Commanding Officer's Quarters and Officer's' Mess that formed part of one of the dispersed accommodation sites at the airfield during the Second World War. The area is now a residential estate.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 142 067 |
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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 (Built, World War II - 1939 AD (Between) to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.
Group of buildings clearly visible.
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery, No. 95, Fig. 25 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Site 3 (Communal). Buildings 281 and 282. Commanding Officer's Quarters and Officer's' Mess. 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.
Ordnance Survey, 2025, Mastermap 2025 (Cartographic). SDV366286.
The area of the accommodation site is now part of a housing estate.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery. Blackdown Hills AONB. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. No. 95, Fig. 25. |
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| SDV342938 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #145151 Location derived from SDV312951, ] |
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| SDV366286 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2025. Mastermap 2025. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV78754 | Part of: Dispersed Accommodation Site 3, Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument) |
| MDV45090 | Related to: Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 10 2025 6:15PM |
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