The Side, air raid shelter

HER Number

7679

District

Newcastle

Site Name

The Side, air raid shelter

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific

Air Raid Shelter

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Second World War 1939 to 1945

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

A two-storey air raid shelter was archaeologically recorded here before demolition in 1998. The exterior walls were stone and brick built, with a concrete render on the roadside elevation. The floor and roof were of reinforced concrete. The shelter was supplied with a louvred ventilator.

Easting

425020

Northing

563930

Grid Reference

NZ425020563930

Sources

Bill Hopper Design Ltd, 1997, Proposed Car Park for CNC Properties plc, The Milburn Estates, Side, Newcastle upon Tyne - Photographic survey of existing bomb shelter buildings; Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 1998, A Watching Brief during the demolition of Second World War Air-Raid Shelters for the Construction of a Car Park at The Side, Newcastle upon Tyne, for CNC Properties plc