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| HER Number: | MDV56544 |
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| Name: | Officers' Bath House, Dispersed Site 3, Dunkeswell Airfield |
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Summary
Site of the officer's bath house that served the dispersed accommodation site that stood here during the Second World War.
Location
| Grid Reference: | ST 142 068 |
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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/42/7/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- ABLUTIONS BLOCK (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.
Building visible, the southern of two similar buildings.
Francis, P., 1995, Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery, No. 96, Fig. 25, Pl. 15 (Report - Survey). SDV312951.
Dispersed Site 3 (communal) Officers' bath house. Construction: rendered 4.5 inch brick walls with piers at ten feet centres supporting 18 feet span steel trusses carrying corrugated asbestos sheeting. Linked to sergeants' bath house for water supply. Bath house for officers use only. Now very derelict and possibly under threat of demoliton for redevelopment.
Ordnance Survey, 2025, Mastermap 2025 (Cartographic). SDV366286.
The site is now residential housing.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV312951 | Report - Survey: Francis, P.. 1995. Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey. Dunkeswell and Upottery. Blackdown Hills AONB. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. No. 96, Fig. 25, Pl. 15. |
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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: #145231 ] |
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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) |
| MDV56545 | Related to: Sergeants' Bath House, Dispersed Site 3, Dunkeswell Airfield (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4948 - Blackdown Hills Airfield Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 30 2025 4:51PM |
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