Description

1. AERODROME ROAD
5004
RAF Officers Mess
TQ29SW 5/32 RAF Hendon

II GV

2.

RAF Officers Mess, formerly the 'London Aerodrome Hotel'.Dated 1917. Brick with roughcast
and timber cladding. Hipped tiled roof to front range; red service range slated.
Irregular composition in a mock Tudor manner. 10 main bays. 2 storeys plus dormers.
End bays to right and left gabled, that to right advanced; that to left recessed.
Segmental arched entrances to gabled bays. Ground floor recessed to left of centre
range; wide ground floor bay window to right of centre. Casement windows. Timber
mullions, with transoms to taller ground floor, the storey height reflecting the presence
of the main entertainment suite. Dormers of 3 and 4 windows wide, flat topped, except
for 3 with gables. Interior retains original entrance / staircase hall
to right bay and entertainment suite along front range with stone fireplaces and neo-Tudor
timberwork. Of considerable historic importance for its central role in Graham White's
enterprise.

Listing NGR: TQ2166190064

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26317877

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)