London Gliding Club Hangar and Clubhouse
LONDON GLIDING CLUB HANGAR AND CLUBHOUSE, ICKNIELD WAY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1236160
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jul-1995
- List Entry Name:
- London Gliding Club Hangar and Clubhouse
- Statutory Address:
- LONDON GLIDING CLUB HANGAR AND CLUBHOUSE, ICKNIELD WAY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1236160
- Date first listed:
- 19-Jul-1995
- List Entry Name:
- London Gliding Club Hangar and Clubhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- LONDON GLIDING CLUB HANGAR AND CLUBHOUSE, ICKNIELD WAY
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LONDON GLIDING CLUB HANGAR AND CLUBHOUSE, ICKNIELD WAY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Totternhoe
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 00112 20210
Details
TOTTERNHOE
TL 02 SW ICKNIELD WAY (OFF)
724-/38/10002 London Gliding Club Hangar and Clubhouse.
- II
Gliding Clubhouse and hangar. Designed by Christopher Nicholson in 1935 and officially opened in July 1936. International Modern Style combined clubhouse and hangar. Steel-framed and clad in brick and concrete, with hangar on ground floor and club rooms above, designed to accommodate up to 25 gliders. Hangar of steel frame construction about 90 feet by 90 feet with roof, back and side walls covered with corrugated asbestos sheeting. Opening of 60 feet at the front. Clubhouse built on to front of hangar is L-shaped with curved ends. Projection to right hand side of one storey steel-framed with concrete walls, original continuous casement windows housing the bar with tea terrace on flat roof above. Two storey range behind, also steel-framed with flat roof, has brick ground floor with large hangar opening to right, first floor lounge and restaurant of concrete with curved end to left, continuous glazed windows and 2 storey brick staircase wing with temporary dormitory/locker room on ground floor and cloakrooms on both floors. To left is clock face for convenience of pilots leaving the hangar and right hand projecting glazed screen to staircase. Interior fittings, including light fittings, glazed screen between hall and bar and bar joinery survive. [See "The Architectural Review", June 1936.]
This building was first included in the statutory list for the former Municipal Borough of Dunstable by virtue of the 11th amendment of the 7th list for the District of South Beds and has been removed from the 7th list by virtue of the 12th amendment.
Listing NGR: TL0011220210
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 427083
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Architectural Review in June, (1936)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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