Westerhope, Highfield Road, air raid shelter

HER Number:
11325

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Westerhope, Highfield Road, air raid shelter

Place:
Westerhope

Map Sheet:
NZ16NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Air Raid Shelter

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
Brick surface air raid shelter, single storey with reinforced concrete roof. 2.45m long, 2.1m wide and 1.8m high. Door 1.6m high and 0.67m wide. Two splayed observation slits in each of the short side walls, one in the northern elevation. Three air vents in the short side wall. A brick blast wall protects the entrance.

Easting:
1993

Northing:
6708

Grid Reference:
NZ19936708

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Pers comm, Jennifer Morrison 2008