21, Ledo Road

This is a married officers' house built between 1936 and 1937, designed by A Bulloch, who was the architectural advisor to the Air Ministry's Directorate of Works and Buildings, using Drawing No 6537/36. The building is constructed of red cavity brick in Flemish bond, with a pantile roof and brick stacks.

The plan consists of an entrance hall, a drawing room, and a dining room on the ground floor, with bedrooms above, including a servant's room.

The exterior is of two storeys. All windows are timber sash windows with glazing bars, set within flush boxes with brick voussoirs. The south-facing garden front has a canted bay window to the left of a four-window range, featuring 12-pane sashes, with a conservatory addition from the late 20th century. The north front, facing the drive, has a projecting gable housing the entrance hall and stair, with eight-pane sashes in the returns and a panelled door within a classical doorcase with a bracketed cornice on the gable face. There are end and axial brick stacks.

The interior has not been inspected.

This house is a distinctive design demonstrating a neo-Georgian style influenced by the Royal Fine Arts Commission and the work of Sir Edwin Lutyens. The design reflects a deliberate effort to soften the impact of new airbases on the surrounding landscape during a period of rearmament and environmental concern. It forms part of a well-preserved group of married officers' houses located on the domestic site of the former RAF Duxford and exemplifies the architecture of fighter bases up to 1945, alongside important technical buildings from the First World War and domestic buildings from the inter-war Expansion Periods of the RAF. The site has connections to the Battle of Britain and the American fighter support for the Eighth Air Force; further historical details can be found under the entry for the Officers' Mess (Building 45).