NHER 43579 (Monument record) - World War Two air raid shelters at 10, 18 and 26 Garnham Road, Gorleston-on-Sea

April 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Three probable air raid shelters, dating to World War Two, are visible as earthworks and structures on aerial photographs (S1), between TG 5263 0506 and TG 5261 0508. They lay in the back gardens of 10, 18 and 26 Garnham Road, Gorleston-on-Sea. This location, together with their small size, suggests that they were private shelters, intended for the use of a particular household. Each of the earthworks presumably covered a small surface or semi-sunken structure. They may have been Anderson shelters, or similar proprietary designs. The easternmost shelter (at Number 26) appears to have had a blast wall on its north side; this presumably protected the entrance. The central shelter (at Number 18) also had a visible structural element. Recent aerial photographs of the area, for example (S2), demonstrate that the shelters have almost certainly now been levelled.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 24 April 2006.