Ramsgate Aerodrome, Kent - 1937 designed by D Pleydell-Bouverie
Duirng the 1930s there were many purpose built aerodromes springing up as the air industry grew (I was going to say "grew wings", ouch) and almost every self-respecting town and city even here in the UK decided it needed an airport. That at the small Kent seaside town of Ramsgate was constructed and opened by a local company and their aerodrome opened by 1935 followed in 1937 by this small, stylish building that included the control tower, and that was designed by architect David Pleydell-Bouverie. Pledell-Bouverie worked with architects Coates Wells on several now well-known modernist buildings but sadly this didn't survive the closure of the airfield in 1968 as it was subsequently demolished.
Ramsgate Aerodrome, Kent - 1937 designed by D Pleydell-Bouverie
Duirng the 1930s there were many purpose built aerodromes springing up as the air industry grew (I was going to say "grew wings", ouch) and almost every self-respecting town and city even here in the UK decided it needed an airport. That at the small Kent seaside town of Ramsgate was constructed and opened by a local company and their aerodrome opened by 1935 followed in 1937 by this small, stylish building that included the control tower, and that was designed by architect David Pleydell-Bouverie. Pledell-Bouverie worked with architects Coates Wells on several now well-known modernist buildings but sadly this didn't survive the closure of the airfield in 1968 as it was subsequently demolished.