20 Baronswood, air raid shelter

HER Number

11100

District

Newcastle

Site Name

20 Baronswood, air raid shelter

Place

Gosforth

Map Sheet

NZ26NW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific

Air Raid Shelter

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

There is probably an air raid shelter in this garden, the heavy entrance door was found during the construction of an extension. Probably the air raid shelter for St. Nicholas' Hospital.There is probably an air raid shelter in this garden, the heavy entrance door was found during the construction of an extension. Probably the air raid shelter for St. Nicholas' Hospital or Sanderson Hospital.

Easting

423850

Northing

567970

Grid Reference

NZ423850567970

Sources

pers comm. Jennifer Morrison