Pill Box at Nu 250047 is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1991. Military structure.

Pill Box at Nu 250047

WRENN ID
scattered-loft-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1991
Type
Military structure
Address
Pill Box at Nu 250047, Warkworth
OS grid reference
NU 251 045
Coordinates
55.3345, -1.60584
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pill box built in 1940, designed as part of the Coquet Line of defense against German invasion during the Second World War. It is made of coursed rubble and has an elongated hexagonal shape with a flat roof. The structure is single storey and 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.

Local climate

Pill Box at Nu 250047 receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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