Building record TQ 67 SW 1260 - King Street Second World War public air raid shelter, Gravesend

Second World War public air raid shelter of uncertain design on shop premises at 22 King Street, Gravesend. It was almost certainly a basement shelter, which would have been strutted in timber or steel to increase its resilience. It is first menbtioned in a record of 1942 but it probably originated in 1939/40, to be decommissioned at around the end of the war in Europe in 1945. The shop still exists.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : Although the shop is visible from the street, the basement area is not accessible to visitors.
Tourism Potential : Marginal potential as a place to be noticed on a defence heritage trail
Condition : unknown
Date of visit : 04/01/06

Smith, V.T.C., 25/03/06, King Street Second World War public air raid shelter, Gravesend (Photograph). SKE13784.

Smith, V.T.C., 25/03/06, King Street Second World War public air raid shelter, Gravesend (Photograph). Ske13784.

Gravesend MB Council, 28/01/42, Minutes of Gravesend Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee, 28/01/1942 (Bibliographic reference). SKE13756.

Gravesend MB Council, 28/01/42, Minutes of Gravesend Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee, 28/01/1942 (Bibliographic reference). Ske13756.