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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 23 NW 217 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Hawkinge Airfield, Officers' Mess |
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Summary
Brick Neo-Georgian style Officer's Mess built during the expansion period (1930's). Now a hostel. Although believed to be partly burnt out.
| Grid Reference: | TR 20505 39537 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR23NW |
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| Parish: | HAWKINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Full description
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Brick Neo-Georgian style Officer's Mess built during the expansion period (1930's). Later used as a hostel. Building is still standing although partly burnt out. The western end of the building has no roof.(1-2)
1st Line Defence Limited, 2018, Detailed unexploded ordnance, UXO, Risk Assessment, Aerodrome Road, Hawkinge (Unpublished document). SKE52243.
<1> English Heritage, 2001, Hawkinge WWII airfield defences report (Unpublished document). SKE7937.
<2> Ashword, Chris, 1985/1990, Action Stations 9: Military Airfields of the Central South & South East (Monograph). SKE8330.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: 1st Line Defence Limited. 2018. Detailed unexploded ordnance, UXO, Risk Assessment, Aerodrome Road, Hawkinge. |
| <1> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Hawkinge WWII airfield defences report. |
| <2> | Monograph: Ashword, Chris. 1985/1990. Action Stations 9: Military Airfields of the Central South & South East. |
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