Ready Use Pyrotechnic Store (Building 77) immediately to the north-west of Hangar 3 at former RAF West Raynham is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 2023. Store.
Ready Use Pyrotechnic Store (Building 77) immediately to the north-west of Hangar 3 at former RAF West Raynham
- WRENN ID
- upper-spire-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 2023
- Type
- Store
- Address
- Ready Use Pyrotechnic Store (Building 77) immediately to the north-west of Hangar 3 at former RAF West Raynham, NR21 7PA
- OS grid reference
- TF 846 248
- Coordinates
- 52.7899, 0.73638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ready-Use Pyrotechnic Store (Building 77) is located immediately to the north-west of Hangar 3 at the former RAF West Raynham. It was constructed in 1937/8 based on designs by JH Binge from the Air Ministry's Directorate of Works and Buildings, following an original design by Archibald Bulloch.
The building is made of monolithic concrete and has a rectangular shape, aligned from north-east to south-west. On the main north-west side, there are three fire-proof steel doors made by Dorman Long and Co Ltd of Middlesbrough. The rear elevation features three original ventilation grilles set in the plinth, along with three later 20th-century ventilation grilles below the eaves in modified openings that once held plate glass windows. The side walls are blind.
Inside, the building is divided into three storage cubicles. The westernmost cubicle still has its original set of nine brick-built cupboards with steel doors. While the other two cubicles were not inspected, they are likely to have similar cupboards.
Local climate
Ready Use Pyrotechnic Store (Building 77) immediately to the north-west of Hangar 3 at former RAF West Raynham receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% 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 0.3°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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