Building record TQ 66 NW 115 - Graveney Lodge Second World War air raid wardens post, Wrotham Road, Meopham
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6431 6564 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ66NW |
County | KENT |
District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
Civil Parish | MEOPHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Second World War air raid wardens post at Graveney Lodge, Wrotham Road, Meopham. This was an adapation of an existing residential dwelliing, starting in 1940-1 and probably ending at the close of the Second World War in Europe in 1945. The building survives in continued residential use.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : No access as the former post is withinn a private dwelling.
Tourism Potential : Perhaps worth including as a point of interest in a defence heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 01/03/06
Strood Rural District Council, 02/05/41, Strood Rural District Council, minutes of the Air Raid Precautions and Fire Brigade Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). SKE13795.
Strood Rural District Council, 02/05/41, Strood Rural District Council, minutes of the Air Raid Precautions and Fire Brigade Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). Ske13795.
Smith, V.T.C., 19/04/06, Graveney Lodge Second World War air raid wardens post, Wrotham Road, Meopham (Photograph). SKE13857.
Smith, V.T.C., 19/04/06, Graveney Lodge Second World War air raid wardens post, Wrotham Road, Meopham (Photograph). Ske13857.
Strood Rural District Council, 31/03/44, Strood Rural District Council, minutes of the Civil Defence Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). SKE13796.
Strood Rural District Council, 31/03/44, Strood Rural District Council, minutes of the Civil Defence Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). Ske13796.
Sources/Archives (6)
- --- SKE13795 Bibliographic reference: Strood Rural District Council. 02/05/41. Strood Rural District Council, minutes of the Air Raid Precautions and Fire Brigade Emergency Committee.
- --- SKE13795 Bibliographic reference: Strood Rural District Council. 02/05/41. Strood Rural District Council, minutes of the Air Raid Precautions and Fire Brigade Emergency Committee.
- --- SKE13796 Bibliographic reference: Strood Rural District Council. 31/03/44. Strood Rural District Council, minutes of the Civil Defence Emergency Committee.
- --- SKE13796 Bibliographic reference: Strood Rural District Council. 31/03/44. Strood Rural District Council, minutes of the Civil Defence Emergency Committee.
- --- SKE13857 Photograph: Smith, V.T.C.. 19/04/06. Graveney Lodge Second World War air raid wardens post, Wrotham Road, Meopham.
- --- SKE13857 Photograph: Smith, V.T.C.. 19/04/06. Graveney Lodge Second World War air raid wardens post, Wrotham Road, Meopham.
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- None recorded
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Record last edited
Aug 4 2009 3:38AM