Building 22

Building 22 at Hullavington Barracks is a lubricant store constructed between 1935 and 1936, designed by A Bulloch, an architectural advisor to the Air Ministry's Directorate of Works and Buildings. The building is made of Bath stone ashlar on brick with an asphalt flat roof.

It is a small, free-standing rectangular structure with a flat roof, featuring a slightly set back and lower lobby at each end. The exterior includes steel casement windows with horizontal bars. The front facing the road has pairs of doors on either side of a central cross-wall division, which is equipped with ventilating louvres. Each side has a high 2-light casement window that incorporates high-level louvres, all beneath a plain lintel-band that runs around the building as a string course, below a high, flush-coped parapet. At each end, there is a set back lobby with a single light, and the returned ends have a single door in a plain square opening. The back of the building features four 2-light casements with ventilators, similar to the front.

The interior has not been inspected. This building is part of a group of technical buildings at Hullavington, which is a nationally important site. It retains many original features, including windows and other fittings, and exemplifies the successful blend of functional and aesthetic design typical of the early phase of the Royal Air Force's expansion after 1934. Hullavington opened as a Flying Training Station on June 6th, 1937, and is notable for its architectural quality, reflecting the improvements made in air base design during this period. Its location in the west of England, alongside other training and maintenance bases, led to its selection in 1938 as one of the Aircraft Storage Units for vital reserves intended for the operational front line. For more information about the site, refer to Buildings 59, 60, and 61, which house The Officers' Mess.