Cold War Nuclear Bunker, Civic Centre

This structure was subject to historic building recording in 2021 prior to the demolition of Sunderland Civic Centre (event 5462 report 2022/88). It was constructed as part of the Sunderland Civic Centre as a sub-basement, but was adapted as a nuclear bunker in the 1970s. It was a subterranean structure 32 m by 7 m made of concrete shuttering and close-set steel sheets, with an entrance in the northeast face of the northernmost hexagon of the Civic Centre complex. It was equipped with a ventilation system and toilets.