Pillbox Type 22 at SK 61611 35840 is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2012. Military structure, pillbox.

Pillbox Type 22 at SK 61611 35840

WRENN ID
north-wattle-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushcliffe
Constituency
Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 2012
Type
Military structure, pillbox
Address
Pillbox Type 22 at SK 61611 35840, Pillboxes at Tollerton Airport
OS grid reference
SK 616 358
Coordinates
52.91649, -1.08518
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a Second World War Type 22 (FW3/22) pillbox built in 1941, which is part of the airfield defenses for Tollerton Airfield. It is located at the grid reference SK 61611 35840 and is one of 18 pillboxes that still exist around the edge of the airfield.

The pillbox is made of red brick, featuring concrete lintels and a flat concrete roof. It has a hexagonal shape, is partly sunken into the ground, and has an entrance on the west side. The embrasures are oriented towards the airfield and each has a stepped concrete surface designed to act as bullet stops. There is evidence of camouflage, including an earthen bank that has been mounded against the walls and remnants of turf covering the roof. Some of the bricks have eroded, exposing the concrete core of the wall structure.

An internal inspection could not be conducted due to water logging inside.

Local climate

Pillbox Type 22 at SK 61611 35840 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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