Derwent Avenue, The Poplars, air raid shelter

HER Number

9053

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Derwent Avenue, The Poplars, air raid shelter

Place

Rowlands Gill

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

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

Extant privately built air raid shelter, brick-built with a concrete roof. In garden of large house, covered by compost heap and ivy.

Easting

416300

Northing

558200

Grid Reference

NZ416300558200

Sources

Brian Pears, 2005, Rowlands Gill and the North-East 1939-1945, page 2