Survey Data
Reg No
11209093
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Baldonnel Aerodrome and Military Camp
Original Use
Hangar
In Use As
Hangar
Date
1910 - 1920
Coordinates
304049, 229658
Date Recorded
13/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Detached square-plan hangar, c.1917. Brick corner piers with corrugated metal cladding to north and south elevations. Corrugated metal sliding doors to west and east elevations. Pitched corrugated metal roof. Eleven-bay single-storey brick office range to north elevation with lean-to corrugated metal roof. Single-storey roughcast rendered range to south elevation with lean-to corrugated metal roof.
Appraisal
One of a group of four hangars present at Baldonnell Aerodrome. The scale of such a structure is awe inspiring, dwarfing all other structures in the vicinity. Although modified over time to be maintained as an efficient part of a working airbase, it still retains its original size and character. A valuable, and rare, example of Irish military and aviation history. Probably retains much original fabric below cladding.