Originally Posted by
Bigbux
I don't believe it was. The construction is inconsistent with any housing that would have been built around a fuel manifold, as it would have required high and low ventilation. The damp-proofing would point either to an inhabited building (unlikely as there are no windows), or a housing for an electrical installation. If it was a pump-house, you would need a BFI close to it. It would have been pants as a pill-box - again no windows or loop holes and brick structures can be dismantled by a GPMG, let alone anything bigger.
There appears to be a former BFI quite close to the structure - it's the circular area just a few yards from the mystery building.
Bearing in mind when this facility was built , I don't think such niceties as high and low ventilation would have been considered. I have operated pipeline manifolds which were nothing more that a valve pit with a sliding, lockable cover.