Survey Data
Reg No
11208028
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Technical
Previous Name
Baldonnel Aerodrome and Military Camp
Original Use
Officers' mess
In Use As
Officers' mess
Date
1930 - 1935
Coordinates
303671, 229879
Date Recorded
13/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached multiple-bay single-storey officers' mess, c.1932. Roughcast rendered walls with yellow brick base. Central entrance section with timber door having brick and tile dressings to surround, and three French windows to each side with tile lintels and concrete surrounds. uPVC casement windows to flanking sections. Hipped slate roof with sprocketed eaves, rendered chimney stacks, and cupola and parapet to entrance section. Canted side pavilions. X-plan north dormitory wing with decorated doorway. Conservatories to south, modern extension to east. Barrel-vaulted ballroom with original fixtures and fittings.
Appraisal
A low, attractive officers' mess with rich decorative detailing, designed by W H Cooke of the Office of Public Works in 1927, intended to resemble part of an English village.