Building record 8103/1/2 - Possible WWII Store/Workshop

{1} Rectangular building 20m x 10m. Nissen hut type, for storage and/or workshop facility. Comprises a hemispherical corrugated iron roof standing on low brick foundations. Windows high in roof. Main access through high sliding door (no longer surviving) in southern end wall. End walls in brick. Currently used as shelter for cattle.

{2} A rectangular building measuring c 20m x 10m. It has low brick foundation walls, with regularly spaced external pilaster buttresses. It supports a hemispherical roof of corrugated iron, containing 12 window openings on each side, set high up. The end walls are in brick and the southern wall includes an opening for a high sliding door, which does not survive. The building would have been used as a store or workshop in connection with the railway; it is currently used as a shelter for cattle. The style and construction suggest a mid C20th date.

<1> CHAPMAN A., 1997, DEFENCE OF BRITAIN RECORDING FORMS, (unchecked) (Notes). SNN51525.

<2> Chapman, A., 1997, Archaeological Evaluation of Lane at Onley, Barby Stage 1: Desk-based Assessment and Field Surveys, p.10 (checked) (Report). SNN44229.

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