The Fort Halstead site is located on a prominent hilltop, which is part of the North Downs, to the north-west of the village of Dunton Green. The site includes both the late C19 Mobilisation Centre ('Fort Halstead’) in the south of the site and a large number of buildings associated with the research facility to the north and north-east of the fort. Building F14 lies within the fort.

F14 dates from the First World War use of the site as an ammunition store to serve London’s anti-invasion stop-line and was built as a laboratory in 1914, possibly for the inspection of ammunition. In 1922, when the site was privately sold, the new owner, a retired army officer by the name of Colonel F E Bradshaw, lived in this building.

BUILDING F14
A single-storey structure with a pitched roof (the covering is replaced), built of red brick English bond. It has six-over-six pane sash windows and is accessed from the west. It was not inspected internally but historic plans indicate that it is divided into five internally; two rooms either side of an entrance hall. (1)

<1> English Heritage, 2013, English Heritage (Listing) Advice Report for Fort Halstead: Buildings F11, F14, F16, F17 and F18 (Unpublished document). SKE18218.