Two First World War pillboxes to the north and south of Bacton Road, Little London

Two pillboxes constructed between 1916 and 1918.  

MATERIALS: concrete block walls with concrete roof slab on steel beams and steel door and gun loop shutters.  

PLAN: circular with one entrance to a single internal space.  

INTERIOR: the northern pillbox is a single open-plan space with un-rendered blockwork walls and roof painted white. The gun loops all have steel frames with hooks above the central section for removable shutters. There are two holes in the roof which might have held ventilation pipes. The southern pillbox is the same inside with gun loop frames also in place. 

EXTERIOR: the pillbox to the north of Bacton Road is situated close to the road and is now in the grounds of Royston House. The pillbox is circular and sunk slightly below ground level. The concrete block walls are roughly pointed and topped by blocks with curved outer faces set around the roof slab. The roof slab is a single piece of cast concrete. There are five gun loops set around the pillbox, three facing north-east, one to the north-west and one to the south-east. A low, narrow doorway facing south-west does not have any doors.  

The pillbox to the south of Bacton Road is of the same design, construction and size. It is situated immediately beside a bend in the road to the east of the northern pillbox. The five gun loops are set around the pillbox with one each facing north and south, two towards the east and one to the west beside the doorway which retains its original steel double doors with a bolt and hasp attached to the outside.