Dowty Group Services - F Block

Photographs from 1966 showing the newly built Dowty Group Services, Arle Court “F Block”, where the Works Engineering, Finance Department and Secretarial Services were located, along with the Exhibition Hall.

Two photographs show the site before the new building built.

There are two documents which provide a detailed breakdown of the estimated and final costs for the building, at just over £172k in 1966!

Block F
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Exhibition Hall Main Entrance
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Exhibition Hall Main Entrance
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Exhibition Hall staircase to 1st Floor Offices
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Exhibition Hall staircase to 1st Floor Offices
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Exhibition Hall staircase to 1st Floor Offices
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Exhibition Hall
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - View of Exhibition Hall from 1st Floor
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Ground Floor Staff Foyer
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F -1st Floor Offices
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F -1st Floor Offices
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F -1st Floor Offices
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - 1st Floor Design Office
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F -1st Floor Offices
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court - Prior to the construction of F Block
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court - Prior to the construction of F Block, Drop Test Rig on LH side
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court F Block - Exhibition Hall
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court F Block - Secretarial Training
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court F Block - Secretarial Training
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court F Block - Entrance
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court F Block - Entrance
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court - F Block 1st Floor
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court - F Block 1st Floor
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court - F Block 1st Floor
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court - F Block 1st Floor
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court F Block
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court F Block
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F Basement Plant Room
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F Basement Plant Room
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F Basement Plant Room
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F Basement Plant Room - Air Conditioning Control Panel
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Service duct for toilets
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Arle Court F Block - Plant Room
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Estimate of building costs on 27 September 1965
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Estimate of building costs on 27 September 1965
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Summary of Building Costs 1966
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Summary of Building Costs 1966
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Summary of Building Costs 1966
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Summary of Building Costs 1966
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Summary of Building Costs 1966
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub
Block F - Summary of Building Costs 1966
Original photo in the Dowty archive at the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub

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