NHER 43310 (Monument record) - Site of World War Two hut at Gainsborough Court

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Summary

A World War Two curved profile hut is visible as a structure in what was then the garden of Seafield Court on aerial photographs taken in 1944-5. It may have been of military origin or associated with civil defence. No trace of it is visible on recent aerial photographs of the site.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

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

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March 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A curved profile hut, perhaps a Nissen hut, is visible as an extant structure on aerial photographs (S1)-(S4), centred at TG 5294 0669. It was located within what was then the garden of Seafield Court and could have been associated with the use of this building by military personnel or for civil defence. It is notable that similar huts are visible in the garden of the adjacent property to the northeast (NHER 43374). The hut was erected between February 1941 and March 1944 (compare (S5) and (S1)), and remained standing in 1948 (S3)-(S4). The area has since been built over (it is now occupied by Gainsborough Court) and no trace of the hut is visible on recent consulted aerial photographs of the site.
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> SNF61783 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1945. RAF 106G/UK/726 5357-8 26-AUG-1945 (NMR).
<S3> SNF61741 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1948. NMR TG 5206/49 (RAF 30016 CPE/UK/2522 PFFO-0203) 23-MAR-1948.
<S4> SNF61743 Oblique Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1948. NMR TG 5206/50 (RAF 30016 CPE/UK/2522 SFFO-0203) 23-MAR-1948.
<S5> SNF56826 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1941. RAF 268F/BR172 (VA) 22-3 10-FEB-1941 (NMR) SNF56645 Vertical Aerial Photograph RAF, 1941, RAF 268F/BR172 35-36 10-FEB-1941 (NMR).