Control Tower At Barton Aerodrome is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1987. Air traffic control tower. 4 related planning applications.
Control Tower At Barton Aerodrome
- WRENN ID
- winter-frieze-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1987
- Type
- Air traffic control tower
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ECCLES LIVERPOOL ROAD SJ 79 NW (north side) 3/8 Control Tower at Barton Aerodrome - II Air traffic control tower. c.1937. Brick with reinforced concrete roofs. 3-stage octagonal tower rises from a single-storey podium with small radiating wings at 4 corners. The podium has a coped parapet above a soldier course and various doors and windows with glazing bars. The tower has a glazed upper stage with concrete balcony and steel railings. Access is gained by an external reinforced concrete dogleg stair. Barton was the first municipal airport in the world when it opened in 1930. The control tower was reported in the press in 1937 as "the first air traffic control station".
Listing NGR: SJ7439697190
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