Information for record number MWA19272:
WAAF and Communal Living Quarter Site, E of Long Marston Airfield

Summary A complex of domestic and communal buildings lying well to the east of RAF Long Marston, providing dispersed living quarters for those serving at the airfield.
What Is It?  
Type: Barracks, Army Camp, Mess
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Quinton
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: 00
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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1 A large communal site, along with four dispersed sites and a separate WAAF domestic site located well away to the east of Long Marston airfield.
2 Described as utility build domestic and communal buildings. They were built in dispersed locations to the east of the airfield, consisting of dining facilities, stores, messes, bathhouses, ablutions, sick quarters, a decontamination centre, offices and other ancillary facilities. RAF personnel used the buildings during WW2 but they were subsequently used for refugee and army accomadation. Polish refugees occupied the buildings until the early 1980s, during which period various alterations were carried out to the buildings.
3 Two blocks of the buildings were surveyed in July 2012; the communal complex to the East (to be demolished) and a set of buildings to the west. Photographic record and textual description of interiors and exteriors.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Airfields in the Second World War
Author/originator: Smith G
Date: 2004
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Twentieth Century Defences in Warwickshire
Author/originator: S. Carvell
Date: 2007
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Building Survey
Title: Wincot Farm, Quinton, MOD Buildings, Archaeological Recording
Author/originator: Coutts C
Date: 2012
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 1237
   
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Glossary

 
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Description  
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument DOMESTIC SITE * Sites used for the accommodation, welfare and recreation of servicemen, especially those serving in the Royal Air Force. Use only for sites associated with military installations. For non-military sites use DOMESTIC class and its narrower terms. back
monument BARRACKS * A building used to house members of the armed forces. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument DEFENCE * This is the top term for the class. See DEFENCE Class List for narrow terms. back
monument DISPERSED SITE * Accommodation and facilities for aircrew away from the main RAF airfield. back
monument MESS * A military dining room where members of the armed forces eat and take recreation. back
SICK QUARTERS * A building used for the accommodation of sick and wounded members of the armed forces. back
monument AIRFIELD * An area or site used for the landing and take-off of aircraft, often including associated buildings, equipment and other installations. back
monument OFFICE * A building or room where business, administrative or professional activities are conducted. Use specific type where known. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ARMY CAMP * A site where an army or body of troops is, temporarily or permanently, lodged, with or without entrenchments and fortifications. back
monument DOMESTIC * This is the top term for the class. See DOMESTIC Class List for narrow terms. back

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