Building 58, 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. Bomb inspection building.

Building 58, former RAF Barnham atomic bomb store

WRENN ID
dim-flint-winter
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
Bomb inspection building
Address
Building 58, former RAF Barnham atomic bomb store, Gorse Industrial Estate
OS grid reference
TL 851 798
Coordinates
52.38542, 0.71927
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Building 58 is a bomb inspection building from the former RAF Barnham atomic bomb store. It features a reinforced concrete frame and blockwork walls, which have been over-painted at the east end, and is protected by freestanding blast walls. The building has a rectangular plan, aligned approximately east-west.

On the exterior, there are projecting entrance bays at both the east and west ends, which originally contained airlocks and feature double height steel doors for the movement of bombs. Attached to the north are single storey toilet blocks and a store room, which has had its windows replaced.

Inside, the central section of the building is mostly plain, with the exception of a runway beam that once supported four hoists. The airlocks in the porches have been removed.

Local climate

Building 58, 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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