Description

TQ 4855 SUNDRIDGE CHEVENING ROAD

32/2002 3 Aircraft Hangars
to former Sundridge
Aerodrome at Coombe
Bank Farm

- II

Aircraft hangars, in use for sheep raising at time of survey. c.1910. Built
for manufacturing aeroplanes by Polish Prince de Bolotoff who built aeroplanes
there before the 1914-18 war. Timber framed, the roofs and walls covered in
corrugated iron sheeting, 3 gabled and open fronted hangars. Roofs are of
kingpost type construction with 5 posts to each gable held by iron clamps.
Each hangar is of 6 bays with square upright posts on padstones. Wall frame
has diagonal tension braces to rear and continuous window. Adjoining to the
south is a concrete structure of 2 bays wide and 9 bays long, not of special
interest, probably added c.1927 when the complex became a garage for West Kent
Motor Services. During the Second World War the hangars were used as an RAF
recovery unit for crashed aircraft. Included because pre 1914-18 aircraft
hangars are very rare, probably only about 15 surviving nationwide.
(See Sevenoaks Chronicle article of 1 May 1982).

Listing NGR: TQ4849655819

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26536871

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback