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Avon Club, (Building 110) Royal Air Force, Upavon Camp

A Grade II Listed Building in Upavon, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.2945 / 51°17'40"N

Longitude: -1.7768 / 1°46'36"W

OS Eastings: 415658

OS Northings: 155062

OS Grid: SU156550

Mapcode National: GBR 4YK.TW3

Mapcode Global: VHB4S.5Q1J

Plus Code: 9C3W76VF+Q7

Entry Name: Avon Club, (Building 110) Royal Air Force, Upavon Camp

Listing Date: 3 June 1986

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1299342

English Heritage Legacy ID: 311094

ID on this website: 101299342

Location: Wiltshire, SN9

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Upavon

Built-Up Area: Upavon Army Camp

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

Church of England Parish: Upavon St Mary the Virgin

Church of England Diocese: Salisbury

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Description


UPAVON A342
SU 15 NE (north side)

3/143 Avon Club, (Building 110)
Royal Air Force, Upavon Camp
GV II
Other ranks club. 1912, for the Central Flying School.
Whitewashed concrete block with rock-faced concrete block quoins.
Asbestos slate roof. Two storeys, main block of 6 bays with single
storey cross wings clasping a raised front terrace. Tripartite 12-
pane sashes, but Venetian windows to gables of wings having raised
keystones and intermittent moulded string. Lunette windows in end
bays of main block lighting stairways. Central clocktower and
gable stacks. Further cross wing central to rear and various later
alterations.
Interior has cafeteria and bar on ground floor, and billiard room
on first floor. One of an important group of buildings purpose-
built for the Central Flying School before the 1914-1918 War.


Listing NGR: SU1565755063

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