Visited this great site on the English Heritage open day. I had seen the building as i passed it on the train but never knew what it was, that is until i had a conversation with Bhg last year, had a look around the place last Sept and decided i needed to head back this year. The Control room is not used anymore but the building itself is still manned 24/7 365 days a year. I got a mini tour from the guy who worked in the control room until it closed in 1997. The place is incredible ,Art Deco in style, it is open just one day a year which is a real shame, although only about 70 people came through the doors all day. It reminded me a bit of the 02 arena inside the Millennium Dome, a building inside a building
History
Built in 1936 by the Swedish firm Asean, it is constructed with the toughest bricks ( apparently it took three days and a number of cutters to cut a hole for a door ) and concrete and has a typical ArtDeco flat roof. The powers that be must of had some idea that war was coming because this is a seriously strong building. Woking was one of five control rooms built around the same time, most of similar construction but Woking outlasted them all and finally closed back in 1997.
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History
Built in 1936 by the Swedish firm Asean, it is constructed with the toughest bricks ( apparently it took three days and a number of cutters to cut a hole for a door ) and concrete and has a typical ArtDeco flat roof. The powers that be must of had some idea that war was coming because this is a seriously strong building. Woking was one of five control rooms built around the same time, most of similar construction but Woking outlasted them all and finally closed back in 1997.
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