Site Event/Activity record ECH6340 - Hooton Park Aerodrome - An assessment of the General Service Sheds and Associated Buildings

The General Service sheds, sometimes known as Belfast hangars in reference to their roof construction, are the only surviving complete group of hangars of their type. Each shed comprises two rectangular halls forming a double hangar and is constructed of red brick with a double-span, bow-string roof of distinctive Belfast-truss type. The examples at Hooton also have large full-width multi-leaved sliding aircraft doors which originally slid into tall supporting side gantries of brick when opened. Although some of these doors and associated gantries have been removed and brick walls with smaller central entrances have been built in their place, the buildings have otherwise only been minimally altered and retain many of their original fixtures and fittings lending them exceptional significance when compared to other similar groupings.