Information for record number MWA9699:
Nissen Hut at Old Tree Nursery, Stratford Road, Longbridge, Warwick

Summary Nissen Hut possibly associated with the former WWII airfield, RAF Warwick. The site is located at Old Tree Nursery, Stratford Road, Longbridge
What Is It?  
Type: Nissen Hut
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Warwick
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 27 62
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 A photographic record was made of the Nissen hut, which was possibly associated with the former WWII airfield, RAF Warwick. The Nissen hut was 8m long and 5m wide and constructed with a double skin, dwarf brick wall and corrugated iron roof. The Nissen hut and adjoining buildings did not appear on OS maps between 1937 and 1968. The Nissen hut is first shown on the OS map in 1969. It may have belonged to RAF Warwick and been relocated from a position on the other side of Stratford Road, but it could have come from elsewhere.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Evaluation Report
Title: Archaeological Evaluation at Old Tree Nursery, Stratford Road, Longbridge, Warwick.
Author/originator: Thompson P
Date: 2003
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Report No 0325
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
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 ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument NURSERY * A room or a building set aside for infants and young children. back
monument NISSEN HUT * A prefabricated structure of a steel frame clad in corrugated iron. Semi-circular in section they were used as accommodation for the armed forces and, during WWII, as emergency housing for bombed out civilians. Also used for storage. 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 WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

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