Motor Transport Sheds (Building 48), Hooton Park Aerodrome is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 2003. Transport sheds.

Motor Transport Sheds (Building 48), Hooton Park Aerodrome

WRENN ID
third-merlon-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough MP: Justin Madders (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 February 2003
Type
Transport sheds
Address
Motor Transport Sheds (Building 48), Hooton Park Aerodrome, Airfield Way
OS grid reference
SJ 372 787
Coordinates
53.30201, -2.94266
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Motor Transport Sheds (Building 48) at Hooton Park Aerodrome were built in 1917 for the Royal Flying Corps. They are constructed from rendered brick with sheet metal roofs that are boarded underneath. The sheds have a rectangular plan and consist of 13 bays, with workshops located in a rear outshut. Each bay is separated by a brick pier, and timber internal trusses are braced to the side walls with raking side struts.

These motor transport stores and garages are part of one of the most complete groups of hangars from the First World War period, which is significant in both British and European contexts. This building type is also found at Duxford and Old Sarum.

Local climate

Motor Transport Sheds (Building 48), Hooton Park Aerodrome sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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