West Pair of Aircraft Hangars

The West Pair of Aircraft Hangars is an attached pair of hangars built from brick, featuring broad segmental roofs made of corrugated material. The north and south side walls are composed of stepped brick piers, with 15 bays of rendered walling that include small pane metal windows positioned high in each bay. Each side elevation has a centrally located single-storey brick lean-to shed, along with shorter sections of taller lean-to sheds on the south elevation, which have roofs sloping from the eaves of the main hangar building.

On the entrance sides, facing east and west, the south hangar retains a set of original sliding metal doors that are suspended from tracks at the eaves. Other doors have been replaced with fixed metal sheeting. Each end of the entrance sides features brick-built housings for sliding doors, which consist of two tall brick arches between buttresses, although the northeast housing has been removed.

The hangars are supported by curved Belfast type lattice roof trusses that rest on brick piers. These trusses are longitudinally braced with tie-beams and braces, and feature zigzag bracing in the end bays. The central wall dividing the pair of hangars is made of brick piers connected by a brick wall that includes segmental relieving arches. The entrance end sheeting is supported by a wooden framework with metal bracing.