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Building record TQ 67 SE 1145 - Jolly Drayman Second World War air raid shelter, Wellington Street, Gravesend
Summary
Second World War air raid shelter for 200 people at the Jolly Drayman public house, on the east side of Wellington Street, Gravesend. It consists of adapted former beer cellars, with an emergency exit in a brick structure standing at the side of the public house car park above. There is also a tunnel from the cellars under Wellington Steet to the former Alan G. Smith premises on the western side of the street. The shelter would have been for a combination of public house customers and the community outside. It was built by June, 1940 and decommissioned in 1945 but survives in a derelict condition.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6513 7394 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ67SE |
Civil Parish | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
County | KENT |
District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Full Description
Gravesham Borough Council, 25/06/40, Minutes of Gravesend Council's Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). SKE13967.
Gravesham Borough Council, 25/06/40, Minutes of Gravesend Council's Emergency Committee (Bibliographic reference). Ske13967.
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Record last edited
Jul 31 2009 4:35AM