Hi all;
Paid a quick visit to east Kent yesterday and managed to grab some shots of this little oddity !! It is on airfield land (as far as i know) but is completely open access.At first glance it seems to be fairly standard-except for the extra height cupola.
As can be seen it is in very good condition,the viewing slit obviusly being filled in quite a number of years ago(judging by the weathering of the concrete.)The entrance steps had been partially rebuilt and railings added around the top.On entering the layout of the rooms was the same as standard Except that there is an additional room to the right as you enter.The toilet door is still hanging and i have no reason to think that its not original.
The whole area has been whitewashed and power and telecoms has been installed (i would guess sometime in the last 15 yrs)This is the view looking thru the messengers/runners room into the PBX room.
This is the back of the PBX room
The next two shots are of the office showing the two hatches and the view thru the hatch to the PBX room.
Now looking from the office to the entrance to the cupola.
I was really suprised to see a ladder entrance the only ones i have been in before are stepped entrances.Right at the top of the ladder is the emergency exit whilst the 'hole'is the entrance to the cupola.
Once again i was very suprised to see a bloody great hole in the roof(obviously original)probably about 3 feet in diameter.
And finally a shot looking looking out of the cupola and one looking back down the ladder.
Well,there you have it.!!! The only gen i could find-from the nearby museum-was that it was on Care and Maintenance until 1999 and was used,believe it or not,as a rehersal area by a band !!! Anyone know anything else about it ?
PS Just along from the BHQ are these two stripped hulks awaiting a landing slot at the big airfield in the sky !!!!
Paid a quick visit to east Kent yesterday and managed to grab some shots of this little oddity !! It is on airfield land (as far as i know) but is completely open access.At first glance it seems to be fairly standard-except for the extra height cupola.
As can be seen it is in very good condition,the viewing slit obviusly being filled in quite a number of years ago(judging by the weathering of the concrete.)The entrance steps had been partially rebuilt and railings added around the top.On entering the layout of the rooms was the same as standard Except that there is an additional room to the right as you enter.The toilet door is still hanging and i have no reason to think that its not original.
The whole area has been whitewashed and power and telecoms has been installed (i would guess sometime in the last 15 yrs)This is the view looking thru the messengers/runners room into the PBX room.
This is the back of the PBX room
The next two shots are of the office showing the two hatches and the view thru the hatch to the PBX room.
Now looking from the office to the entrance to the cupola.
I was really suprised to see a ladder entrance the only ones i have been in before are stepped entrances.Right at the top of the ladder is the emergency exit whilst the 'hole'is the entrance to the cupola.
Once again i was very suprised to see a bloody great hole in the roof(obviously original)probably about 3 feet in diameter.
And finally a shot looking looking out of the cupola and one looking back down the ladder.
Well,there you have it.!!! The only gen i could find-from the nearby museum-was that it was on Care and Maintenance until 1999 and was used,believe it or not,as a rehersal area by a band !!! Anyone know anything else about it ?
PS Just along from the BHQ are these two stripped hulks awaiting a landing slot at the big airfield in the sky !!!!