General view of the main building at Heston Airport from the south-west

Date:
1929
Location:
Heston Airport, Heston, Hounslow, Greater London Authority
Reference:
CC47/02469
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Heston Airport was opened in July 1929. It closed in 1947 and many of the buildings were subsequently demolished. A 1929 article in The Architect and Building News journal sugests that the central building was intended as a clubhouse or rest-house for the airport.

Content

This is part of the Series: FEL01/02 Photographs Taken By Herbert Felton For The Architect And Building News, The Architects' Journal, And The Architectural Review; within the Collection: FEL01 Herbert Felton Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Felton, (Leo) Herbert

Keywords

Early 20th Century Airport, Early 20th Century Clubhouse, Air Transport