Monument Number 1384805 |
Hob Uid: 1384805 | |
Location : Oxfordshire Cherwell Launton
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Grid Ref : SP5920024570 |
Summary : A type "A" aircraft hangar (Building 79) situated at RAF Bicester, to the north end of the technical site. It was one of two such hangars constructed between 1926-1927 (the other is recorded as SP 52 SE 89). The hangar is built of brick and steel. It was designed to house up to 12 De Havilland DH9A bomber aircraft. An English Heritage report produced in May 2003 recommended that both hangars should be considered suitable for potential future Listed Building status. |
More information : Building 79, one of two Type A aircraft hangars at RAF Bicester Technical Site (in the civil parish of Launton) recommended for potential future Grade II Listed Building Status by an English Heritage Report produced in May 2003. The report notes that originally six were planned but that only two were completed in 1926-1927, as part of Trenchard's Home Defence Expansion Scheme. The hangar design was developed in 1924 and was intended to house up to 12 De Havilland DH9A bomber aircraft. The standard length of the hangars was 75.9m long by 37.3 M wide (249 feet x 122 feet 5 inches). (1)
The hangar is located at SP 5920 2457. (2)
Listed at grade II. (3) |