Listed Building: GARDENERS OFFICE BY ADDLETHORPE AVENUE, BUTLINS HOLIDAY CAMP (1204943)
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| Grade | II |
|---|---|
| Authority | Department of the Environment |
| Date assigned | 30 April 1987 |
| Date last amended |
Description
TF 56 NE INGOLDMELLS SEA BANK (east side) 7/36 Gardeners office by Addlethorpe Avenue, Butlins Holiday Camp II Former holiday chalet, now gardeners' office. c.1936. Timber frame with asbestos panels, slate roof with overhanging eaves and bargeboards. Single storey, 3 bay front, the projecting gable is corbelled out on timber brackets. Central half glazed panelled door, flanked by tall 2 light glazing bar casements. To the sides are single similar windows. This is the last remaining chalet of the original pre-war site built by Sir William Butlin, the first Holiday Camp in Britain. It opened Easter 1936 for 500 campers arriving for a week's holiday paying £2.10s. a head. The camp was used by the Royal Navy as a recruit training establishment, HMS Royal Arthur, during the 1939-45 war. Source: Lincs. Life 8/86. Listing NGR: TF5734867252
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Location
| Grid reference | TF 57348 67252 (point) |
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| Map sheet | TF56NE |
| Civil Parish | INGOLDMELLS, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Apr 17 2009 4:44PM
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