WW2 Watch Office for sale

Would prefer this one myself

http://www.bidwells.co.uk/view_property.php?property_id=SAF100016&property_type=residential

They do it up very well internally, then ruin the outside with that awful decking.

Let me know when you want the balcony railings and roof access made up Austern.

The Condover 13726/41 bomber satellite Watch Office has been up for sale for about five years, It’s an outstanding example of a W/O in original form, even down to the half height rendered internal walls and steel window frames.
Beside the fire tender shed, the other building with the windows in the front is a rare surviving single storey Watch Office, in this case a 17658/40 fighter satellite W/O.
Though unrealistic, it would be great to see sympathetically restored.

Hutton Cranswick control tower

Hutton Cranswick control tower is for sale. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-39317444.html

I want! Would look great with a Lanc parked outside…..

LUcky chap I am so jealous!!

LUcky chap I am so jealous!!

This one needs a little bit more than glass and a door……

http://www.metheringhamairfield.co.uk/restoration-diary.php

I’m the owner of this little DIY project:eek:, all it takes is a little determination and passion to succeed. 75% of Lincolnshires original wartime towers have been demolished and I’m not prepared to let this one join the list no matter how rough it looks.

This one needs a little bit more than glass and a door……

http://www.metheringhamairfield.co.uk/restoration-diary.php

I’m the owner of this little DIY project:eek:, all it takes is a little determination and passion to succeed. 75% of Lincolnshires original wartime towers have been demolished and I’m not prepared to let this one join the list no matter how rough it looks.

Oh wow I hope that tower that is for sale doesn’t get demolished! Look at the condition it is in! Fantastic!

Oh wow I hope that tower that is for sale doesn’t get demolished! Look at the condition it is in! Fantastic!

This one needs a little bit more than glass and a door……

http://www.metheringhamairfield.co.uk/restoration-diary.php

This one needs a little bit more than glass and a door……

http://www.metheringhamairfield.co.uk/restoration-diary.php

THIS link goes to the online brochure, including plans/blueprints of the building: http://www.homesonview.co.uk/Scripts/fulldetails.aspx?cid=PARRSHRE&aid=PARRSHRE&pid=PSP01351&src=rightmove

To Moggy C – MY lottery win was £10 – so I am in a position to “gazump” you!

However, if it’s £450 grand, I think I’ll pass this time. That does seem a little steep for something that needs, for example, glass in the windows, and a door…

THIS link goes to the online brochure, including plans/blueprints of the building: http://www.homesonview.co.uk/Scripts/fulldetails.aspx?cid=PARRSHRE&aid=PARRSHRE&pid=PSP01351&src=rightmove

To Moggy C – MY lottery win was £10 – so I am in a position to “gazump” you!

However, if it’s £450 grand, I think I’ll pass this time. That does seem a little steep for something that needs, for example, glass in the windows, and a door…

Just as a matter of technical/legal niff-naffery. Do any of these still existing Watch Offices have any sort “Listed” status? I merely ask so that in the unlikely event that I decide to up and live in one, would I have loads of Civil Servants and/or Conservationists descend on me when I decided to drill a hole in the floor to make “The Upstairs Bog” work?
Having spent many of the two of my early RAF formative years working in Watch Offices such as this (or ATC Twrs as they were known by the time I was there), the Bogs were important.
The old TWR (Watch Office) at Wattisham had no ‘connected sewage’ arrangements. There were “facilities”. There was an Officers Bog, and an ORs Bog. These were of the Elsan variety. The receptacles were changed daily. A civilian employee would arrive in the early morning with two empty receptacles hung over the handlebars of his bike. He would take the ‘used’ receptacles away by the same means. He would sing as he went about his task. He was, therefore, known as Elsan Neddy! For those of you not up to speed with the names of immediate post-WW2 crooners, I am prepared to reveal the secret of the name on receipt of a small number of gold coins!!
HTH
Resmoroh

Just as a matter of technical/legal niff-naffery. Do any of these still existing Watch Offices have any sort “Listed” status? I merely ask so that in the unlikely event that I decide to up and live in one, would I have loads of Civil Servants and/or Conservationists descend on me when I decided to drill a hole in the floor to make “The Upstairs Bog” work?
Having spent many of the two of my early RAF formative years working in Watch Offices such as this (or ATC Twrs as they were known by the time I was there), the Bogs were important.
The old TWR (Watch Office) at Wattisham had no ‘connected sewage’ arrangements. There were “facilities”. There was an Officers Bog, and an ORs Bog. These were of the Elsan variety. The receptacles were changed daily. A civilian employee would arrive in the early morning with two empty receptacles hung over the handlebars of his bike. He would take the ‘used’ receptacles away by the same means. He would sing as he went about his task. He was, therefore, known as Elsan Neddy! For those of you not up to speed with the names of immediate post-WW2 crooners, I am prepared to reveal the secret of the name on receipt of a small number of gold coins!!
HTH
Resmoroh

Wow the Saffron Walden tower is fantastic, I always thought they’d make an interesting house, still think the one at Broadwell is a great opportunity!

Wow the Saffron Walden tower is fantastic, I always thought they’d make an interesting house, still think the one at Broadwell is a great opportunity!

Would prefer this one myself

http://www.bidwells.co.uk/view_property.php?property_id=SAF100016&property_type=residential

I still have the prospectus for this when it was up for £250,000 about 7 years ago