Orford Ness: former Royal Flying Corps barrack block is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 2014. Barrack block.
Orford Ness: former Royal Flying Corps barrack block
- WRENN ID
- hushed-turret-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 2014
- Type
- Barrack block
- OS grid reference
- TM 435 488
- Coordinates
- 52.08412, 1.55406
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Royal Flying Corps barrack block at Orford Ness is a building made of concrete with a timber frame and covered by a 20th-century corrugated metal roof. It has a rectangular plan that consists of 10 bays in length and 3 bays in width.
The exterior features a central gable roof section with a shallow pitch and lights beneath the eaves, with outshots on either side that have pent roofs and pier divisions. The metal framed windows in the outshots are mostly intact. At the east end, double doors have been added to the central section, flanked by metal framed casements.
Inside, the roof is covered with felt over timber planking and is supported by timber posts and metal columns, although some timber posts have been replaced. The building still retains some conduits and light fittings.
Local climate
Orford Ness: former Royal Flying Corps barrack block sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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