Orford Ness

Orford Ness, Suffolk

Orford Ness / Orfordness

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1913
1973 (sold in 1993)
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Independent Research Group Orford Ness

AIRFIELD SITE : Aerial Views of Orford Ness

AIRFIELD SITE : Aerodrome Views

AIRFIELD SITE : Aircraft Shed (Site of)

AIRFIELD SITE : Bailey Bridge

AIRFIELD SITE : Blue Streak Test Site

AIRFIELD SITE : Chaplain (Over the Horizon Radar)

AIRFIELD SITE : Cobra Mist

AIRFIELD SITE : Sub Station 3

AIRFIELD SITE : Unknown 01

AIRFIELD SITE : Unknown 02

AIRFIELD SITE : Unknown 03

BUILDING 1 : Rotating Wireless Navigation Beacon (Black Beacon)

1928 : Rotating Wireless Navigation Beacon
c.1956 : Telemetry Station

BUILDING 2 : AWRE Workshop

1928 : Engine Room
c.1956 : AWRE Workshop

BUILDING 5 : Model Makers Workshop

1956 : Model Makers Workshop

BUILDING 7 : Lighthouse

1792 : Lighthouse
This was sadly demolished between July and August 2020 due to coastal erosion making the structure unsafe.

BUILDING 8 : Coastguard Watch House

Late 19th Century : Coastguard Watch House
1956(?) : Unknown Naval Installation

BUILDING 10 : Impact Facility / Hard Target

1963 : Impact Facility / Hard Target

BUILDING 11 : Mess Room

1958 : Mess Room

BUILDING 12 : Control Room

1956 : Control Room for Building 13
1963 : Control Room for Building 10

BUILDING 13 : Lab 1 : Mechanical Testing, Vibration & Drop Tests

1956 : Lab 1 : Mechanical Testing, Vibration & Drop Tests

BUILDING 14 : Sub Station

BUILDING 15 : Lab 3 : Thermal Chamber & Temperature Tests

1956 : Lab 3 : Thermal Chamber & Temperature Tests

BUILDING 16 : Lab 2 : Centrifuge & Explosive Dismantling Room

1957 : Lab 2 : Centrifuge & Explosive Dismantling Room

BUILDING 17 : Sub Station

BUILDING 18 : Magazine

1962 : Magazine (Munitions Storage)

BUILDING 19 : Lab 4 : Vibration Testing Laboratory

1961 : Lab 4 : Vibration Tests

BUILDING 20 : Lab 5 : Vibration Testing Laboratory

1961 : Lab 4 : Vibration Tests

BUILDING 21 : Lab 6 : Centrifuge

1961 : Lab 6 : Centrifuge

BUILDING 22 : Fire Pump House & Water Tanks

1961 : Fire Pump House & Water Tanks

BUILDING 23 : Sub Station

1961 : Sub Station

BUILDING 24 : Control Room

1961 : Control Room for Buildings 19 to 21

BUILDING 25 : Bomb / Explosive Store

1916 : Bomb / Explosive Store

BUILDING 26 : Bomb / Explosive Store

1916 : Bomb / Explosive Store

BUILDING 27 : Magazine

1936 : Magazine

BUILDING 28 : Component Store

1936 : Component Store

BUILDING 29 : Special Ammunition Store

1936 : Special Ammunition Store

BUILDING 31 : Bomb Ballistics Building

1933 : Bomb Ballistics Building

BUILDING 36 : Mess Building

1914 - 1918 : Officers Mess
1935 - 1936 : Radar Experiments Receiver Building
1940's : Mess Building

BUILDING 37 : Model Bomb Range

1954 : Model Bomb Range
c.1957 : AWRE Rifle Range

BUILDING 40 : Dog Compound

1967 : Dog Compound

BUILDING 42 : AWRE Recreation Building

1914 - 1918 : Institute
1935 - 1936 : Radar Experiments Building
1940's : Airmen's Barracks
c.1957 : AWRE Recreation Building

BUILDING 43 : Sub Station

1954 : Sub Station

BUILDING 47 : Stores

1914 - 1918 : Barrack Block
1920 : Stores

BUILDING 50 : Fire Brigade Garage

1963 : Fire Brigade Garages

BUILDING 51 : Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary & Telephone Exchange

c.1940 : Headquarters & Offices
c.1956 : Atomic Energy Constabulary & Telephone Exchange

BUILDING 53 : RAF Bomb Disposal Squadron Accommodation

1945 : Photo Section & Office
c.1956 : Electrical Workshop & Office
1971 : RAF Bomb Disposal Squadron Accomodation

BUILDING 55 : Lavatory & Sewage Pump

1962 : Lavatory & Sewage Pump

BUILDING 56 : Machine Shop

1945 : Machine Shop

BUILDING 57 : Aircraft Shed / Hangar (Site of)

1914 - 1918 : Aircraft Shed / Hangar

BUILDING 58 : Motor Transport Shed

1914 - 1918 : Motor Transport Shed
c.1956 : Heavy Workshop

BUILDING 63 : Alkali Battery Charging Shop

1941 : Alkali Battery Charging Shop

BUILDING 64 : Battery Charging Shop

1943 : Refrigeration Building
c.1956 : Battery Charging Shop

BUILDING 65 : Secure Store

1954 : Secure Store

BUILDING 69 : Store

1941 : Unknown
1956 : Store

BUILDING 73 : Lethality / Vulnerability Test Plate Store

1941 : Lethality / Vulnerability Test Plate Store
c.1951 : Model Bomb Range
c.1960 : Radio Research Building