Jesmond, Royal Grammar School, air raid shelters

HER Number:
16141

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Jesmond, Royal Grammar School, air raid shelters

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Civil Defence Site

Site Type: Specific:
Air Raid Shelter

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Demolished Building

Description:
Three rectangular WWII air raid shelters located at Royal Grammar School, Eskdale Terrace, Jesmond. The shelters were recorded in 2001 ahead of their demolition. The shelters were probably built c.1939-40 for the Civil Defence Northern Region which occupied the Royal Grammar School premises after the pupils were evacuated to Penrith between September 1939 and 1944. The closest bomb to fall in the area caused severe damage to the Eslington Hotel, a little to the east of the school. Few original fittings were identified during the recording.

Easting:
2523

Northing:
6541

Grid Reference:
NZ25236541

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Northern Counties Archaeological Services, 2001, Air raid shelters at the Royal Grammar School, Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, Historic Buildings Recording