Pillbox Square Type at Grid Ref 62414 36221 is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2012. Pillbox.
Pillbox Square Type at Grid Ref 62414 36221
- WRENN ID
- tilted-spire-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 2012
- Type
- Pillbox
- Address
- Pillbox Square Type at Grid Ref 62414 36221, Pillboxes at Tollerton Airport
- OS grid reference
- SK 624 362
- Coordinates
- 52.91981, -1.07316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a Second World War pillbox built in 1941, part of the airfield defences for Tollerton Airfield. It is located at grid reference SK63414 36221 and is one of 18 pillboxes that remain around the edge of the airfield.
The pillbox is made of brick with concrete lintels and has a flat concrete roof. Although described as 'square', it has chamfered corners, giving it an octagonal appearance. It is surrounded by an earthen bank that rises up to 0.5 meters high and 0.5 meters wide, which is mounded against the structure. The top of the pillbox is camouflaged with turf. There is an entrance on the south side that is protected by a pentice, and there are embrasures facing the airfield, each featuring stepped concrete surfaces that served as bullet stops. The walls of the pillbox are over 1 meter thick.
No internal inspection was conducted due to tree growth making access difficult, but the surviving Turnbull mountings were visible through the embrasures.
Local climate
Pillbox Square Type at Grid Ref 62414 36221 sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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