Pill Box at Nz 192 998 is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1991. Pill box.

Pill Box at Nz 192 998

WRENN ID
spare-banister-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1991
Type
Pill box
Address
Pill Box at Nz 192 998, Thirston
OS grid reference
NZ 190 999
Coordinates
55.29315, -1.70159
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pill box built in 1940, made of concrete and designed with an elongated hexagonal shape. It has a flat roof and is a single storey structure, partly below ground level. The elongated front features three rifle embrasures and one machine gun embrasure on each chamfered side. The rear has two rifle embrasures and a protected door. This pill box was part of the Coquet Line of defense against a potential German invasion during the Second World War.

Local climate

Pill Box at Nz 192 998 receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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