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Ipswich
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Ipswich
airport terminal is demolished leaving only the lower front wall (rear
view)
June 2005 (© via www.ipswichairport.info) |
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Ipswich
aerodrome
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Airfield Today:
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Housing
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Tower Type:
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1938 Civil airport terminal
building
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Tower:
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Despite
its Grade II listing the terminal building was demolished in April 2005.
The ground floor front
facade is the only original part of the building to survive
and even that looks to have been changed. So why does it retain a Grade
II listing? Maybe it lets the property developers increase their prices...
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Other
Buildings:
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None
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History:
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Station history |
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RAF
Ipswich
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Front
view of the 'rebuild' - note that now even the original entrance and porch
seen above have been demolished (count six large windows from the right
and the seventh and eighth window holes show where it once was) March
2006 (© via www.ipswichairport.info)
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October
2006 (© www.ipswichairport.info)
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RAF
Ipswich airfield
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If
anyone has more photos of the original building please let me know! 1972
(© via Steve Ward)
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2007
(© Kerry Davidge)
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RAF Station
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Airfield:
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Civil aerodrome, Army
Co-operation, Fighter Command
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Opened:
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26/06/1930
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Closed:
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31/12/1996
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Code:
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USAAF Station:
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N/A
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Runways:
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2x - Grass
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Hangars:
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4x - Civil airport
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County:
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Suffolk
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Location:
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SE of Ipswich
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OS Ref:
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TM190410
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Links:
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1. Risky
Buildings tells of the architectural importance of Ipswich terminal
building (before it was demolished)
2. www.ipswichairport.info has excellent photos of the demolition and rebuild |
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©:
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All
photographs copyright ©
as stated
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Ipswich airfield
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2007
(© Kerry Davidge)
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RAF
Ipswich airfield
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RAF
Ipswich airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co.uk © robert
truman 2007 - Ipswich -
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