Radar Training Station
RADAR TRAINING STATION
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1350338
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Radar Training Station
- Statutory Address:
- RADAR TRAINING STATION
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1350338
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Radar Training Station
- Statutory Address 1:
- RADAR TRAINING STATION
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:
- RADAR TRAINING STATION
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Wyre (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Fleetwood
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 33818 48525
Details
917/0/10010
26-MAR-03
Radar Training Station
GV
II
Radar Station. 1961-2 by Lancashire County Council Architect's Department under Roger Booth, designer and architect in charge Eric Morris Hart, Assistant County Architect, Clerk of Works Tom Dennis. It was built for the practical training of masters and crews of coastal craft in the latest radar technology. Reinforced concrete, flat roof. Simple single-storey, oval building set on pilotis above high tide level, with framed timber fenestration, and timber door reached from steps set off the promenade. Interior noted to have timber floors; the equipment does not form part of the listing.
An elegant modern design, this little building forms an attractive group with Decimus Burton's c.1840 lighthouse alongside, the two structures demonstrating the history of communications side by side. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner called it 'a cute little piece'. It was given a Civic Trust Commendation in 1965 as 'a modest yet dramatic little building.' Now operated by the Blackpool and The Fylde College, the building is a rare example of architecture and technology combining together to form a pleasurable as well as useful structure.
Sources
Architects' Journal, 5 December 1962, p.1259
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England, North Lancashire, 1969, p.121
Fleetwood Nautical College, A Fleetwood Celebration - the First Hundred Years 1892 to 1992, p.25.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 490148
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Fleetwood Nautical College: A Fleetwood Celebration - the First Hundred Years 1892 to 1992, (), 25
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: North Lancashire, (1969), 121
Architects' Journal in 5 December, (1962), 1259
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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