Summary
A single storey, three cell brick building with a small brick porch. It has a barrel- shaped corrugated asbestos roof.
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Monument Types
- NISSEN HUT (Mid 20th C to Early 21st century - 1941 AD to 2050 AD)
Description
Building 3 - A single storey, three cell brick building with a small brick porch. It has a barrel- shaped corrugated asbestos roof.
Interior: There is one large room and two smaller rooms at the western end which are divided by a short passageway. There is a concrete floor. Short concrete side walls form a supporting base for the roof. The roof is panelled inside with sheets of asbestos. The brick walls are in English Garden Wall bond in some places, Stretcher bond in others. The eastern wall has two windows, one of which has an outer timber frame and inner metal window still in place. The window has four lights of which only the top one opens. No door or frame remains. A single concrete lintel runs across all three openings.
The opposite internal wall has three doorways with a single concrete lintel over. The central one leads to a short passageway and the porch at the western end. The other two lead to two small rooms, one either side of the passageway. Parts of the plain doorframes are still in situ painted a dark blue. Each of the small rooms have a wide concrete shelf against the side walls, and one window. One of these has remains of a plain timber window frame with traces of brown paint. Over the windows and an external doorway at the end of the passageway is, again, a single concrete lintel. This doorway has part of the plain door frame still in situ.
The porch is formed by two narrow brick walls at right angles to each other built on a square concrete base. It was possibly built at a later date than the rest of the building as there is a straight joint between the two.
Various fittings survive inside the building including Bakelite cable clamps and two round wooden light switch bases. There is also a small, short chimney in the main room.
Exterior: Three concrete steps lead up to the doorway in the east facing elevation. Leaning against this wall is a square slab of concrete with the corners taken off (effectively forming a hexagon). The back of this is flat while the front has a raised lip around it - there are no clues as to its use. The brick walls have a narrow brick plinth and rest on a short concrete base. Above the doorway in the west facing elevation is a metal telephone cable mount.
References
- SNA66349 - Report: Newman, M. 2015. Watching Brief Report: Installation of interpretation panels and safety fencing
Bent Riggs Radar Station, Ravenscar
2nd June 2014 and 21st October 2015.
- SZP12665 - Photograph - black and white: Katie Kenyon. 01/03/1998. Communications building, Bent Riggs Radar Station. 8.
- SZP19734 - Photograph - black and white: Katie Kenyon. 01/03/1998. Array building, Bent Riggs Radar Station, with comms shed. 14.
- SZP25059 - Photograph - black and white: Katie Kenyon. 01/03/1998. Communications building, Bent Riggs Radar Station - interior. 10.
- SZP26672 - Photograph - black and white: Katie Kenyon. 01/03/1998. Communications building, Bent Riggs Radar Station. 9.
- SZP29778 - Photograph - black and white: Katie Kenyon. 01/03/1998. Communications building, Bent Riggs Radar Station - detail of window. 11.
- SZP48689 - National Trust Report: Mark Newman. 2000. Bent Riggs Radar Station: Standing Buildings Recording. MNNTYR95.
- SZP9067 - Unpublished document: Katie Kenyon. 1998. Survey of Radar Buildings at Staintondale.
Other Statuses and References
None Recorded
Associated Events
- ENA3804 - Field Survey,
- ENA3832 - Field Survey, Additional Survey, Bent Riggs Radar Station
- ENA7876 - Archaeological Intervention, Watching brief for SMC, Interpretation and fencing, Bent Riggs Radar station
Associated Finds
None Recorded