NHER 43376 (Monument record) - Site of possible World War Two air raid shelter at Queen Elizabeth Court, South Beach Parade

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Summary

A small rectangular structure visible on 1940s aerial photographs in what was then the garden of Sutherland House may have been a World War Two surface air raid shelter. This would have provided shelter for those living and working at the house. The structure was removed after the end of the war and no trace of it has been recognised on recent consulted aerial photographs of the site.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG50NW
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A small rectangular structure is visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S2), centred at TG 5307 0666. It probably dates to World War Two: something is just be visible at this location on aerial photographs taken in 1941 (S3) but it does not look like the structure, which is first visible on aerial photographs taken in March 1944 (S1). It was removed soon after the end of the war (see (S4) for example). It was located in what was then the garden of Sutherland House and seems most likely to have been an air raid shelter for its residents. At the same time, a more mundane function, as a garden outbuilding of some kind for example, cannot be ruled out. No trace of the structure has been recognised on recent consulted aerial photographs of the site.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 10 March 2006.

  • <S1> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/686 3206-7 02-MAR-1944 (NMR).
  • <S2> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 3028-9 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).
  • <S3> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF 268F/BR172 (VA) 22-3 10-FEB-1941 (NMR) SNF56645 Vertical Aerial Photograph RAF, 1941, RAF 268F/BR172 35-36 10-FEB-1941 (NMR).
  • <S4> Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1947. RAF CPE/UK/1958 7153-4 05-APR-1947 (NMR).

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Record last edited

Oct 5 2012 2:31PM

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