Pill Box at Nz 114 985 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 114 985

WRENN ID
upper-passage-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1991
Type
Pill box
Address
Pill Box at Nz 114 985, Brinkburn
OS grid reference
NZ 113 985
Coordinates
55.28083, -1.82223
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pill box built in 1940, made of concrete and featuring an elongated hexagonal plan with a flat roof. It is a single storey structure, partly below ground level. The elongated front has 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 Nz 114 985 receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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