First World War pillbox (BA10) east of Auburn Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 2017. Military structure.
First World War pillbox (BA10) east of Auburn Farm
- WRENN ID
- crooked-string-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds MP: Charlie Dewhirst (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 2017
- Type
- Military structure
- OS grid reference
- TA 168 627
- Coordinates
- 54.04777, -0.21652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a First World War pillbox, likely built in 1917, with some alterations from the Second World War. It is made of in-situ poured reinforced concrete and has a rectangular plan.
The pillbox is semi-sunken into the sloping ground between Auburn Farm and Auburn Beck, with only 0.80 meters of the structure visible above ground. It features a doorway in the west (rear) wall, while the north and south (side) walls are blind. The front (east) elevation has three gun embrasures; originally, there was only a central gun embrasure to cover the exit off Auburn Sands, but this has been widened, and additional embrasures have been cut through the concrete at the northeast and southeast corners. The roof is a flat concrete slab.
Access to the interior is currently blocked, filled with debris, and flooded. The walls have smooth concrete surfaces with horizontal plank shuttering witness marks, and there are no internal features or fittings.
Local climate
First World War pillbox (BA10) east of Auburn Farm receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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