Listed Building: MOTOR TRANSPORT SHEDS (BUILDING 48), HOOTON PARK AERODROME. (1390489)

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 31/10/2016 and on 09/11/2016 1755/0/10028 AIRFIELD WAY, Motor Transport Sheds (Building 48), Hooton Park Aerodrome (Formerly listed as: SOUTH ROAD, Motor Transport Sheds, Hooton Park Aerodrome) 19.02.03 GV II Motor transport sheds. 1917, for the Royal Flying Corps. Rendered brick with sheet metal roofs, boarded under. Each range of 13 bays long and rectangular plan with workshops in rear outshut. Each bay divided by a brick pier, and timber internal trusses braced to side walls by raking side struts. These motor transport stores and garages form part of one of the most complete hangar groupings of the First World War period, of significance in both a British and European context. It is included for this reason, there being also buildings of this type at Duxford and Old Sarum. National Grid Reference: SJ 37252 78738, SJ 37276 78752.