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MoD CORSHAM: Kitchen, Canteen, Laundry, Dining and Washroom Areas is a Second World War military installation located near Corsham in Wiltshire. The site comprises service and support facilities constructed as part of the extensive underground quarry complex developed by the Ministry of Defence during the 1940s. These functional spaces—kitchens, canteen, laundry, dining and washroom areas—reflect the infrastructure required to support personnel working within the secure subterranean establishment. The facilities demonstrate the substantial logistical provision necessary for sustained military operations conducted from the Corsham underground complex during and beyond the Second World War period.
MoD CORSHAM: Kitchen, Canteen, Laundry, Dining and Washroom Areas is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1409120. View the official record →
MoD CORSHAM: Kitchen, Canteen, Laundry, Dining and Washroom Areas is a Second World War military installation located near Corsham in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1409120.
MoD CORSHAM: Kitchen, Canteen, Laundry, Dining and Washroom Areas is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1409120.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including MoD CORSHAM: Prime Minister's Rooms and Operations Rooms (0.1 km), MoD CORSHAM: Quarry Working Areas in West Lung, Spring Quarry (1 km), Three bowl barrows 160m south west of Hatt House (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of MoD CORSHAM: Kitchen, Canteen, Laundry, Dining and Washroom Areas's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
MoD CORSHAM: Kitchen, Canteen, Laundry, Dining and Washroom Areas stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.