Royal Air Force Officers Mess is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1988. Officers mess.
Royal Air Force Officers Mess
- WRENN ID
- over-panel-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Hendon MP: David Pinto-Duschinsky (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1988
- Type
- Officers mess
- Address
- Royal Air Force Officers Mess, Aerodrome Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 216 900
- Coordinates
- 51.5963, -0.24494
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Air Force Officers Mess, originally known as the London Aerodrome Hotel, was built in 1917. It features a brick structure with roughcast and timber cladding. The front range has a hipped tiled roof, while the red service range has a slated roof. The building has an irregular layout designed in a mock Tudor style, comprising ten main bays and standing two storeys tall with dormers. The end bays on the right and left are gabled, with the right bay being advanced and the left bay recessed. There are segmental arched entrances to the gabled bays. The ground floor is recessed to the left of the central range, with a wide bay window to the right of the centre. The windows are casement style, featuring timber mullions and transoms on the taller ground floor windows, reflecting the presence of the main entertainment suite. The dormers are flat-topped and vary in width, with three featuring gables. Inside, the building retains its original entrance and staircase hall in the right bay, along with an entertainment suite in the front range that includes stone fireplaces and neo-Tudor timberwork. This building holds significant historical importance due to its central role in Graham White's enterprise.
Local climate
Royal Air Force Officers Mess sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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