Pillbox Square Type at Grid Ref. SK 61959 36756 is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2012. Military structure.
Pillbox Square Type at Grid Ref. SK 61959 36756
- WRENN ID
- grim-brick-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 2012
- Type
- Military structure
- Address
- Pillbox Square Type at Grid Ref. SK 61959 36756, Pillboxes at Tollerton Airport
- OS grid reference
- SK 619 367
- Coordinates
- 52.92467, -1.07981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a Second World War pillbox built in 1941, part of the airfield defenses for Tollerton Airfield. It is located at the grid reference SK 6195936756 and is one of 18 surviving pillboxes around the airfield.
The pillbox is constructed of brick with concrete lintels and features a flat concrete roof. Although described as 'square', it has chamfered corners, giving it an octagonal appearance. It is surrounded by a noticeable earthen bank that rises up to 0.75 meters high and is 0.5 meters wide. The long northeastern side has an entrance at each end, both protected by a pentice, with an embrasure above each entrance. Other embrasures face south towards the airfield and one to the north, each equipped with a stepped concrete surface that would have acted as bullet stops. The walls of the pillbox are over 1 meter thick.
No internal inspection was conducted due to tree growth blocking access, but suspended Turnbull mounts were visible through the embrasures.
Local climate
Pillbox Square Type at Grid Ref. SK 61959 36756 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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