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File:Hilldegarden.JPG| Hilldegarden, a converted bunker and air raid installation in Hamburg Germany
File:Hilldegarden.JPG| Hilldegarden, a converted bunker and air raid installation in Hamburg Germany
File:AnstrutherNuclearBunker.jpg|Anstruther Nuclear Bunker made to look like a farmhouse for security.
File:AnstrutherNuclearBunker.jpg|Anstruther Nuclear Bunker made to look like a farmhouse for security.
 
File:SwissChaletBunker.jpeg|Swiss military bunker and anti-aircraft site designed to look like an alpine chalet.


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Castles, Keeps & Towers

  • Originally a folly built in 1769, Castle Dinton in Buckinghamshire was a GradeII* ruin till converted by Spanish Architect Fernandez. It appeared on Grand Designs in 2018.

    Originally a folly built in 1769, Castle Dinton in Buckinghamshire was a GradeII* ruin till converted by Spanish Architect Fernandez. It appeared on Grand Designs in 2018.

  • Martello Tower 23 at Dymchurch, Romney Marshes in Kent, England.

    Martello Tower 23 at Dymchurch, Romney Marshes in Kent, England.

Temporary Huts

  • 8.2.1 A Nissen Hut based house at Ashdown Camp, Evesham

    8.2.1 A Nissen Hut based house at Ashdown Camp, Evesham

  • 8.2.2 A Quonset Hut based house in Australia

    8.2.2 A Quonset Hut based house in Australia

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Bunkers

  • A wartime bunker in Holland converted by architect B-ILD into a holiday home.

    A wartime bunker in Holland converted by architect B-ILD into a holiday home.

  • Hilldegarden, a converted bunker and air raid installation in Hamburg Germany

    Hilldegarden, a converted bunker and air raid installation in Hamburg Germany

  • Anstruther Nuclear Bunker made to look like a farmhouse for security.

    Anstruther Nuclear Bunker made to look like a farmhouse for security.

  • Swiss military bunker and anti-aircraft site designed to look like an alpine chalet.

    Swiss military bunker and anti-aircraft site designed to look like an alpine chalet.

Bomb Shelters

  • 8.2.4 A converted RAF bomb observation shelter turned into a home at Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire

    8.2.4 A converted RAF bomb observation shelter turned into a home at Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire

Towers

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  • 8.2.5 Castle House, Bridgewater 1851 - one of the earliest surviving examples of the use of Victorian prefabricated concrete and constructional post-tensioning.

    8.2.5 Castle House, Bridgewater 1851 - one of the earliest surviving examples of the use of Victorian prefabricated concrete and constructional post-tensioning.

Other Military Conversions

  • Royal Navy Wireless Listening Station, Stockton-on-Tees, now converted into a house.

    Royal Navy Wireless Listening Station, Stockton-on-Tees, now converted into a house.

  • The Control Tower, Little Walden Airfield, Hadstock, Essex. A Grade II Listed conversin of a wartime airfield.

    The Control Tower, Little Walden Airfield, Hadstock, Essex. A Grade II Listed conversin of a wartime airfield.

  • Former radar station at Balado Bridge, Kinross-shire, Scotland.

    Former radar station at Balado Bridge, Kinross-shire, Scotland.

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/prefabricated-house-for-defense-needs/#more 

http://smccormick.hubpages.com/hub/the-coolest-quonset-hut-homes

See Also In Chimni

Chimni Home Typology

Reference

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