Record Details
| NHER Number: | 59041 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | Guard Room - Speech Broadcasting House, Former RAF Coltishall (Building 31) |
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Summary
This flat-roofed brick guard room was constructed between 1940 and 1943. It was used to house racks of amplifiers feeding Tannoy speakers located across the station.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2600 2334 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG22SE |
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| Parish: | SCOTTOW, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
This flat-roofed brick guard room was constructed in 1940.
A. Cattermole (HES), 27 March 2013.
According to (S1) this building was constructed around 1943. It was used to house racks of amplifiers feeding numerous Tannoy speakers located around the station to convey information to station personnel.
See (S1) for further information.
A. Cattermole (HES), 18 September 2013.
Monument Types
- GUARDHOUSE (World War Two to 21st Century - 1940 AD? to 2006 AD?)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Francis, P.. 2013. RAF Coltishall: A Historical Appraisal. Parts 10 and 11, Domestic Buildings, SHQ and Officers Mess Complex. p 6. |
Related records
| 7697 | Part of: RAF Coltishall (Monument) |