Site Event/Activity record ESF20861 - RAF Building 538, Mildenhall
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Location
Location | Building 538 Building Recording |
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Grid reference | Centred TL 6828 7715 (104m by 80m) |
Map sheet | TL67NE |
Civil Parish | MILDENHALL, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service
Date
Not recorded.
Description
A Level 2 building recording survey was carried out on Building 538, a Type 'C' Hangar at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, prior to its demolition. It was almost entirely brick built, based around a metal girder framework. At each end of the building were two sets of three sliding doors to allow access to aircraft. Flanking both long sides of the structure were original annex buildings. The building was constructed in 1934 and was used for aircraft storage before and during World War II, as well as throughout the Cold War, when the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was intermittently kept there from 1974 (a miniature outline of one of the aircraft was impressed into the concrete floor). More generally it has been used as storage, offices and workshops. Much of the internal structure had been altered to suit the changing requirements of its use, although many of the original doorways and larger doorways, (presumably for vehicle or machinery access), were still visible. A memorial to a mascot bulldog (named Bill Prune) for No. 15 Squadron from 1943 was located just south of the building.
Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes
Previous/Future Work: Previous No, Future No
Associated Identifiers:
Sitecode MNL 641
HER event no. MNL 641
NMR No. 1535584
Project Type: Building Recording
Methods and Techniques: Annotated Sketch, Measured Survey, Photographic Survey
Reason for Investigation: Direction from Local Planning Authority - PPG16
Site status: None
Current Land use: Other 2 - In use as a building
Monument Type(s)/Period(s): HANGAR Modern
Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): NONE None
PROJECT LOCATION
Area 5922.00 Square metres
Grid Reference: TL68287716 Point
PROJECT CREATOR(S)
Brief originator: Local Authority Archaeologist and/or Planning Authority/advisory body
Design originator: Jude Plouviez
Director/Manager: Andrew Tester
Supervisor: Rob Brooks
DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
Contents: other
Media: Text, Images raster / digital photography, Survey, Spreadsheets
PAPER ARCHIVE
Recipient: Suffolk County SMR
Contents: other
Media: Correspondence, Drawing, Miscellaneous Material, Plan, Report, Survey
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript)
Title: Building 538, RAF Mildenhall MNL 641
Author(s)/Editor(s): Brooks, R.
Other Bibliographic Details: SCCAS Report No. 2011/040
Date: 2011
Issuer/Publisher: SCCAS
Place of Issue or Publication: Bury St Edmunds
Description: A4, comb bound, white cover (also available as PDF)
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SSF53879 Unpublished document: Brooks, R. 2011. Building Recording Report, RAF Building 538, Mildenhall.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- MNL 641 RAF Building 538, Mildenhall (Monument)
Record last edited
Jun 16 2011 10:32AM