The site was the hospital for male personnel. Females were treated in sick quarters on site 11. The site included a dental section and was staffed by orderlies.
Picket posts were placed at the entrance to all the dispersed sites to control traffic entering and leaving the site.
The building was a small Nissen hut of similar construction to that on the technical site but reduced in size to three bays and measuring 16 ft wide by 18 ft long. Constructed of corrugated steel sheeting with T-shaped (in section) arched steel ribs at 6 ft centres. Concrete floor.
This building is no longer extant. It is on private land. [2007]
As there is only one set of latrines on this site it would seem that the sick quarters were manned by male orderlies only.
Cement rendered concrete block with external piers at 10 ft centres. A single pitch roof of corrugated asbestos cement sheeting.
This building is no longer extant. It is on private land. [2007]
Orderlies were accommodated in this Handcraft hut [not a Nissen as stated on the plans].It is of the same type and construction as that on communal site 1. 18 ft by 36 ft. Constructed of pre shaped asbestos troughing with seven faces giving the familiar threepenny bit shape. No internal framing. Flat asbestos sheeting internally bolted to a concrete floor. The hut would have beds, wooden lockers and a stove which it was only permitted to light in the evening due to the shortage of fuel and the means to transport it.
This building is extant. It is on private land and used for storage. [2007]
This was the station hospital building for male personnel and the dental section.
An H-block of cement rendered concrete block with external piers at 10 ft centres. A pitched roof of corrugated asbestos cement sheeting. Standard 18 ft steel roof trusses.
The building is still extant with alterations for use as a private dwelling. It is on private land. [2007]
A separate annex to sick quarters.
Cement rendered concrete block with external piers at ten ft centres. A pitched roof of corrugated asbestos cement sheeting. Standard 18 ft steel roof trusses.
This building has been reduced in size to make storage/ garages. It is on private land. [2007]
A single building for both the ambulance and the mortuary facilities.
Constructed of cement rendered concrete block with 4 ½ inch thick walls to a height of 13 ft 6 ins. There were three external pillars at 10 ft centres forming four bays. It was a garage type structure with timber double doors on the west elevation. The roof was corrugated asbestos cement sheeting supported by standard 18 ft span steel trusses.
This building is still extant and in use as a milking parlour. It is on private land. [2007]
Static water pools were dispersed throughout the aerodrome. They were fed by the natural water table and used for fire fighting purposes and on occasions for dinghy drill.
Open constructions of permanent brick and concrete they were capable of holding 20,000 gallons of water. Almost every site had it's own static water pool.
The pool has been filled in. [2007]
Two in number Stanton type air raid shelters as manufactured by Stanton Ironworks company, Nottingham. They were capable of holding up to 50 men each.
An enclosed structure of pre-cast concrete sections which bolted together to form a tunnel of the required length. The entrance was in a wall of concrete block and at the opposite end was a concrete 'chimney' for use as an emergency exit. The shelter was covered with earth to provide bomb splinter protection.
The building is no longer extant. [2007]