Pill Box at Nu 000008 is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1991. Military infrastructure.
Pill Box at Nu 000008
- WRENN ID
- last-barrel-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1991
- Type
- Military infrastructure
- Address
- Pill Box at Nu 000008, Hepple
- OS grid reference
- NU 000 006
- Coordinates
- 55.30001, -2.00034
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pill Box, built in 1940, is made of concrete and has an elongated hexagonal plan with a flat roof. It is a single storey structure, partly below ground level. The elongated front features three rifle embrasures and a single machine gun embrasure on each chamfered side. The rear has two rifle embrasures and a protected door. This pill box was constructed as part of the Coquet Line of defense against German invasion during the Second World War.
Local climate
Pill Box at Nu 000008 receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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