Site Event/Activity record ELI13286 - 'Site No.8' - Former RAF Blyton, The Woodlands, Laughton

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 8532 9640 (128m by 181m) Estimated from Sources
Civil Parish LAUGHTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Technique(s)

  • Heritage Impact Assessment

Organisation

Austin Heritage Consultants

Date

From 08 Mar 2019 to 08 Mar 2019 (on)

Map

Description

A site visit was conducted to inform the proposed conversion into holiday accommodation of surviving Stanton shelters and Nissen hut bases on Site No.8 of the former RAF Blyton. Site No.8 is one of around 6 dispersed accommodation sites that served the RAF base, and was used to house officers, sergeants, and airmen. 4 Stanton air raid shelters and the bases of 28 Nissen huts survive in their original locations on the site. This group of buildings is significant, as there are very few examples of surviving groups of Stanton shelters, and even fewer that have both Stanton shelters and surviving evidence for Nissen huts. {1}

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Sources/Archives (1)

  •  Report: Austin Heritage Consultants. 2019. 'Site No.8' - Former RAF Blyton, The Woodlands, Laughton. -.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Stanton Air Raid Shelters and Nissen Huts, Laughton Wood (Monument)

Record last edited

Jan 2 2024 12:23PM

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