NHER 43374 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two military structures in garden of the Masonic Royal Assembly Rooms and Te-aroha

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Summary

World War Two structures in what was then the garden of the Masonic Royal Assembly Rooms (NHER 43016), visible on aerial photographs taken in 1944-5, are likely to have been of military origin. The building was commandeered by the Navy during the war and the structures were presumably associated with this event. They comprised two curved profile huts, connected to the lodge by a covered corridor, and a possible air raid shelter. The postulated shelter was constructed before March 1944; the huts and corridor were erected later that year. The structures were removed after the end of the war and no trace of them has been recognised on recent aerial photographs of the site.

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Location

Map sheet	TG50NW
Civil Parish	GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
Structures dating to World War Two are visible on aerial photographs (S1)-(S3), centred at TG 5300 0673. They were located within the garden of the Masonic Royal Assembly Rooms (NHER 43016) and were probably associated with the use of this building by the Navy (S4). They comprised two curved profile huts (perhaps Nissen huts) which were connected to the lodge by a covered corridor or passage. A smaller structure in the northeast corner of the garden may have been a surface air raid shelter. The latter was constructed before March 1944 (S1); the huts were still being erected during September 1944 (S5). There is no evidence on recent aerial photographs of the site that any trace of the World War Two structures still remains visible on the ground.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 9 March 2006.

Associated Sources (5)

<S1> SNF56131 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF HLA/686 3206-7 02-MAR-1944 (NMR).
<S2> SNF57805 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/21 3028-9 04-JUL-1944 (NMR).
<S3> SNF61781 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/778 6023-4 08-SEP-1945 (NMR).
<S4> SNF61810 Website: http://www.yourlocalhistory.info/newyourlocalhistory.info/Marine%20Parade/Marine%20Parade.htm.
<S5> SNF61782 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1944. RAF 106G/LA/38 3012-3 11-SEP-1944 (NMR).

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Related NHER Records (1)

Chronological: NHER 43016 - Related to: Masonic Royal Assembly Rooms, South Beach Parade (Building)

Record last edited

Oct 5 2012 2:31PM