Site Event/Activity record ENT4065 - Excavation of Air Raid Shelter

Location

Location Challenge House, Devonshire Road, Beeston
Grid reference SK 52650 36694 (point)
Map sheet SK53NW
District Broxtowe
Civil Parish Beeston and Stapleford, Broxtowe

Technique(s)

Organisation

Grantham Archaeology Group

Date

Not recorded.

Map

Description

Challenge House is situated at 1 Devonshire Avenue, Beeston, Nottingham at the junctions of Devonshire Avenue, Chilwell Road and Newcastle Avenue. Challenge House is a large Edwardian house with extensions added in the late 20th century. Chilwell Road is a double fronted property build between the 1st and 2nd World Wars. The investigation was undertaken during week commencing 7th June 2010. The excavations clearly demonstrated that the feature was in fact an air raid shelter associated with the property at 20 Chilwell Road. It was constructed of double course brick walls and a reinforced concrete roof. The size and position of the structure clearly is outside the proposed area of redevelopment and therefore can remain intact and in-situ.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Unpublished document: John Goree. 2010. Archaeological Evaluation of a Reputed World War II Air Raid Shelter. John Goree.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Air Raid Shelter in the garden of Challenge House (Monument)

Record last edited

Dec 5 2025 12:16PM

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