Newcastle Airport, Aero Club House & hangar

HER Number:
4927

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle Airport, Aero Club House & hangar

Place:
Woolsington

Map Sheet:
NZ17SE

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Air Transport Site

Site Type: Specific:
Terminal Building

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
An attractive and unusual art deco building of 1935 by Sir Stephen Easten (paralleled stylistically by a more grandiose airport building at Birmingham). The symmetry of the frontage of the building which faces west onto the airport apron has been broken by additions as has the southern wing which has been extended. The adjacent hangar to the north of the clubhouse is also of pre-war date; constructed along with the clubhouse in 1935. When the airport was officially opened in July 1935, the opening day programme described the clubhouse as containing "a large lounge, dining room, hall, buffet, sanitary conveniences for both sexes, residential accommodation for the steward and sleeping quarters for a limited number of visitors". Along with the adjacent hangar there were originally workshops, offices, ambulance room, petrol and oil stores, a garage for fire tender and a sewage disposal plant.

Easting:
419420

Northing:
570910

Grid Reference:
NZ419420570910

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4927 >> The Archaeological Practice, 1997, Newcastle International Airport, Cultural Heritage Assessment J. Sleight, Small Enough to Conquer the Sky - Jim Denyer, 'Mr Newcastle Airport'