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Station offices. Dated 1933. By the Air Ministry's Directorate of Works and Buildings. Stretcher bond brickwork, reinforced concrete floors, slate roof. This is a typical but unusually little-altered example of the Station HQ buildings designed under the first phase of the inter-war expansion of the RAF, that commenced from 1923 under the leadership of Sir Hugh Trenchard. Its symmetrical style is directly related to barracks architecture of the late nineteenth century. It is sited immediately opposite the Guardhouse, with which it shares the use of a pale yellow brick. (Photo Oct 2012).