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| HER Number | MWB16245 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Building 139, Greenham Common airbase |
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Summary
A single storey building originally used for USAF armaments and electronics supplies and administration
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
Building 139 was constructed during the site's initial Cold War base construction in 1951-1953, north-east of the Warehouse Road and Sixth Street junction <1>. It was rectangular in plan, comprised six single storey, pebble-rendered, concrete, east-west aligned, pitched bays, abutted at the east by a long north-south range and fitted as a loading bay centrally to the west. It covered an area of 31,114sq ft. The building allocation table of c.1953 listed its function as Armament & Electronic Admin and Shops. It was used by the supply squadron prior to their move to a purpose-built building, Building 137, in late 1960s. It was converted into a Post Office and also used by the MoD police after they vacated portacabins to the north of the runway in Area A.
It was demolished between 2010 <5> and 2018 <6>.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | CgMs. 2006. Historic Buildings Record in respect of Former RAF/USAF Greenham Common Base, New Greenham Park, Near Newbury, Berkshire. CgMs Ref IF/JL 4020. 2018 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB14710] |
| <02> | RCHME. 1994. Historic Building Report: Greenham Common Airbase, Greenham, Berkshire. NBR No 93234. 2021 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB12267] |
| <03> | CgMs. Sep-02. Description and Analysis - Building 303 and additional structures, New Greenham Park, Greenham Common, Berkshire. Report Ref JL/3043. 2021 WBC Network. [Unpublished document / SWB13724] |
| <04> | Ordnance Survey. 1962-1981. Ordnance Survey Epoch 5, 1:2500. 1:2500. Marked, but not named. [Map / SWB14665] |
| <05> | 2010. West Berkshire Council Aerial Survey 2010 (digital aerial photographs). Aerial Photo. Digital. Visible. [Photograph / SWB148137] |
| <06> | 2018. West Berkshire Council Aerial Survey 2018 (digital aerial photographs). Aerial Photo. Digital. Not visible. [Photograph / SWB149532] |
Related Monuments
| MWB6570 | Greenham Common Airbase (RAF Greenham Common) (Monument) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB541 | Description and Analysis - Building 303 and additional structures, New Greenham Park, Greenham Common, Berkshire (Ref: Report Ref JL/3043) |
| EWB884 | Historic Buildings Record in respect of Former RAF/USAF Greenham Common Base, New Greenham Park (Ref: IF/JL 4020) |
| EWB858 | Historic Building Report: Greenham Common Airbase, Greenham, Berkshire (Ref: NBR No 93234) |
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