Building 60, former RAF Barnham atomic bomb store is a Grade II* listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 2011. Military storage facility.
Building 60, former RAF Barnham atomic bomb store
- WRENN ID
- rusted-zinc-pigeon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 2011
- Type
- Military storage facility
- Address
- Building 60, former RAF Barnham atomic bomb store, Gorse Industrial Estate
- OS grid reference
- TL 852 799
- Coordinates
- 52.3864, 0.72028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Building 60 is a former RAF Barnham atomic bomb store, constructed with a reinforced concrete frame and blockwork walls, topped with a flat concrete roof. The building is rectangular and aligned approximately north-south.
Surrounded by substantial earth bunds, it features a central recessed entrance flanked by two projecting, two-storey plant and switch rooms, which were originally designed to maintain a stable environment. The original steel doors are still in place. The rear elevation includes a central door and crittall windows on the rear and sides. A gantry with a central rolled steel runway joist, which originally supported hoists, is also present.
Internally, Building 60 was originally divided into compartments of 11 by 3 bays, allowing for the storage of up to 66 bombs. It has since been partitioned to create smaller work units.
Local climate
Building 60, former RAF Barnham atomic bomb store sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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