Centurion House, Buildings 21 and 21A (Dining Room and Institute)
CENTURION HOUSE, BUILDINGS 21 AND 21A (DINING ROOM AND INSTITUTE), MANBY BUSINESS PARK,
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392628
- Date first listed:
- 11-Oct-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Centurion House, Buildings 21 and 21A (Dining Room and Institute)
- Statutory Address:
- CENTURION HOUSE, BUILDINGS 21 AND 21A (DINING ROOM AND INSTITUTE), MANBY BUSINESS PARK,
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1392628
- Date first listed:
- 11-Oct-2004
- List Entry Name:
- Centurion House, Buildings 21 and 21A (Dining Room and Institute)
- Statutory Address 1:
- CENTURION HOUSE, BUILDINGS 21 AND 21A (DINING ROOM AND INSTITUTE), MANBY BUSINESS PARK,
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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:
- CENTURION HOUSE, BUILDINGS 21 AND 21A (DINING ROOM AND INSTITUTE), MANBY BUSINESS PARK,
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- East Lindsey (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Manby
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 39435 87221, TF 39451 87194
Reasons for Designation
Military Aviation site
Details
1783/0/10002
MANBY,
MANBY BUSINESS PARK,
Centurion House, Buildings 21 and 21a (Dining Room and Institute)
GV II
Airmen's dining room and institute. 1936-7. A Bulloch, architectural advisor to the Air Ministry's Directorate or Works and Buildings (drawing no. 2013/36). Cavity brick construction, interlocking tile roof covering to parapetted hipped roofs, brick stacks.
PLAN: Two parallel blocks, to N and S of central service yard and buildings.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. All windows are wood sashes, set to flush boxes with brick voussoir heads and concrete sills.
S block has 11-window S elevation with 20-pane first-floor, 24-pane ground-floor sashes and projecting central bay; latter has hipped parapetted roof and 18-pane sash above panelled double doors with radial fanlight set in semi-circular header arch set on imposts; one-window returns, to right with similar doorway; channelled rustication to door surrounds. Similar fenestration to rear wings.
N block has 15-window N elevation with similar fenestration and central parapetted entrance porch; outer bays have hipped bays brought to eaves below central parapet, and 15-pane sash above semi-circular arched doorway with radial fanlight.
INTERIOR: some internal joinery including panelled doors; staircases with steel balustrades.
HISTORY: This is a distinctive design of 1935 by the Air Ministry architect, A Bulloch. Detailing is restrained throughout, but massing, spacing and proportions are carefully considered, in the neo-Georgian style favoured at this period, and influenced by the impact of the Royal Fine Arts Commission, especially though the architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens. Manby ranks with Hullavington in Wiltshire - another Scheme A station - as the most complete and architecturally unified of the post-1934 stations of the so-called Expansion Period of the RAF. For further details see description for Tedder Hall (qv).
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 500370
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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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