First World War pillbox and associated Second World War anti-tank cubes, Sea View, Saltfleetby is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 2017. Pillbox.
First World War pillbox and associated Second World War anti-tank cubes, Sea View, Saltfleetby
- WRENN ID
- night-roof-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Lindsey
- Constituency
- Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 2017
- Type
- Pillbox
- Address
- First World War pillbox and associated Second World War anti-tank cubes, Sea View, Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire, LN11 7TR
- OS grid reference
- TF 464 924
- Coordinates
- 53.40859, 0.20153
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This structure is a First World War pillbox built in 1917, accompanied by a row of Second World War anti-tank cubes constructed around 1940. The pillbox is made of in-situ poured reinforced concrete and has a trapezoidal plan.
Located below the crest of the eastern slope of the sea bank at Sea Farm, Saltfleetby, the northwest and southeast elevations each feature a single, low-set, wide-splayed machine gun embrasure that is partially hidden by slumping ground. Only the top of an off-set doorway in the rear elevation is visible. The roof is designed with irregular lumps of concrete to break up the outline of the structure, and it includes a blocked circular vent and two threaded holdfast bolts. The exterior has a relatively smooth surface, created using timber shuttering during casting.
Inside, the pillbox is now mostly filled with sand. The walls have smooth whitewashed concrete surfaces, with visible horizontal plank shuttering marks and a timber batten on the northeast wall.
Additionally, there is a row of Second World War anti-tank cubes located approximately 50 meters to the southeast, intended to obstruct the exit off the foreshore. These concrete cubes, measuring about 5 feet (1.5 meters) each, are set corner-on (diamond set) in the direction of the anticipated attack. They are not mapped due to difficulties in surveying the area.
Local climate
First World War pillbox and associated Second World War anti-tank cubes, Sea View, Saltfleetby 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 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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