Pillbox Square Type at Grid Ref. SK6183236667 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. SK6183236667
- WRENN ID
- watchful-merlon-smoke
- 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. SK6183236667, Pillboxes at Tollerton Airport
- OS grid reference
- SK 618 366
- Coordinates
- 52.92388, -1.08173
- 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 one of 18 surviving pillboxes located around the perimeter of 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 entrances at both ends, each protected by a pentice and an embrasure above. Other embrasures face south toward the airfield and one to the north, each designed with a stepped concrete surface that served 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 it was possible to view the interior through the embrasures. Inside, there is a central concrete anti-ricochet wall, and Turnbull mounts, originally intended for Lewis machine guns but later adapted for various gun types, are installed within each embrasure.
Local climate
Pillbox Square Type at Grid Ref. SK6183236667 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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