Standby generator building, RAF Daws Hill bunker compound

Emergency power plant, north of the main entrance. Probably constructed 1980s.

Partly-buried reinforced concrete structure. Rear wall and walls of smaller rooms reinforced internally in steel plates, enhanced protection against nuclear explosion.

Entered from the north through two pairs of double steel doors, which were wide enough for the installation of the plant’s diesel generators, now removed. To the east are separate rooms which housed the plant’s switchgear, which remains intact. Pursuant to s.1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that the surviving plant and the switchgear, which is of standard specification for the period, is not of special architectural or historic interest. Above are two vents that may represent an air inlet and exhaust outlet. There are no decontamination facilities here.