Record Details
| NHER Number: | 27374 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | World War Two air raid shelter |
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Summary
A large World War Two air raid shelter is visible as an extant earth covered structure on 1940s aerial photographs. It lay within the grounds of the former St James's School, directly adjacent to the main school building, and was presumably primarily intended for use by the pupils and teachers at the school.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 5278 0651 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG50NW |
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| Parish: | GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May 2005. Norfolk NMP.
A World War Two air raid shelter is visible as an extant earth covered structure on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 5279 0652. It lay in what appears originally to have been part of the Royal Naval Hospital (NHER 4340) but at the time was St James's School. The shelter was presumably provided for the pupils and staff of the school. Since the end of the war the site has been levelled and is now occupied by modern residential housing and surfaced parking areas.
The main shelter is roughly square in shape. Its height on the photographs suggests that it was a surface shelter. The outline of the different elements of the structure are clearly visible under their covering of earth or other material. Entrances are clearly visible on its north and west sides. Holes and concrete structures towards its east side may mark the position of further entrances, ventilation shafts and/or emergency exits. A subsidiary shelter is visible as an embanked concrete building immediately to the south. It is not known whether the two were interconnected.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 20 May 2005.
Monument Types
- AIR RAID SHELTER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5164-5 26-AUG-1945 (NMR). |
Related records
| 4340 | Part of: St Nicholas' Hospital or Royal Naval Hospital (Building) |