Survey Data
Reg No
22805045
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Historical
Original Use
Pill box
Date
1935 - 1945
Coordinates
239499, 106190
Date Recorded
22/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay single-storey flat-roofed rubble stone pill box, c.1940, on a corner site. Flat concrete roof. Random rubble stone walls with remains of unpainted cement render over. Series of rectangular apertures on horizontal bias with no fittings. Set on corner site with concrete footpath to front.
Appraisal
This pill box is of importance as a reminder of the structures of civil defence installed during ‘The Emergency’ (1939 - 1945). The pill box, at present, forms a picturesque and unassuming feature in the streetscape.