Romney hut

At the outbreak of World War II, the British military developed a series of prefabricated huts to supplement the World-War-I-era Nissen hut. The Iris hut was one of these, a medium-scale hut of {{convert|35|ft}} span and from {{convert|60|ft}} to {{convert|96|ft}} in length, with bays of {{convert|4|ft}} sectional length able to be added as required. However, the Iris hut had a major design flaw: it was unable to resist the weight of snow lying on the roof and had a tendency to collapse after snowfalls. For this reason, it was superseded by the Romney hut by 1941.{{cite book|title=AA Command: Britain's anti-aircraft defences of World War II|url=https://archive.org/details/aacommandbritain00dobi|url-access=limited|last=Dobinson|first=Colin|page=[https://archive.org/details/aacommandbritain00dobi/page/n171 325]|publisher=Methuen|year=2001|isbn=9780413765406}}

Both the Iris hut and the Romney hut were constructed of a clamped tubular steel frame with a central entrance.{{NHLE|num=1412391|access-date=13 June 2013}} The hut was used to accommodate facilities for which abnormal roof spans were required.{{cite book|title=The Civil Engineer in War: Airfields, Roads, Railways, and Bridges|page=90|publisher=Institution of Civil Engineers|year=1948}} On some airfields, two or more Romney or Iris huts would be erected to accommodate large stores and workshops, or occasionally used as aircraft hangars.{{cite book|title=Action Stations: Military airfields of Wales and the North-West|last=Smith|first=David J.|publisher=Stephens|year=1981|isbn=0850594855}}

It was invented by Lt Col Edgar Frank Brawn of the Royal Engineers.{{cite journal|title=The Royal Engineers Journal|last=HEH,JSB,DB|journal=The Supplement to the Royal Engineers Journal |volume=94|number=1|year=1980|issn=0035-8878}}

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