Pillbox (South) at Former RAF Stoke Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 2024. Military structure.

Pillbox (South) at Former RAF Stoke Holy Cross

WRENN ID
upper-brick-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 July 2024
Type
Military structure
Address
Pillbox (South) at Former RAF Stoke Holy Cross, Fantasia, Chandler Road, Norwich, NR14 8RG
OS grid reference
TG 252 026
Coordinates
52.57463, 1.32345
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pillbox (South) at the former RAF Stoke Holy Cross is a Grade II listed structure built as an AM5 Pillbox according to an Air Ministry design, constructed from brick.

The pillbox has a rectangular plan with two chamfered corners. It features an entrance corridor that runs parallel to the back wall and includes a Y-shaped internal blast wall.

On the exterior, the pillbox is rendered and topped with a reinforced concrete cap. The sides and chamfered corners have loopholes that are protected by concrete shades. The roof shows remnants of steel stanchions that were used to hold wire, and aerial photography indicates that an anti-aircraft weapon was once mounted there, although the mounting is no longer present.

Inside, the pillbox is made of brick, but no fittings remain.

Local climate

Pillbox (South) at Former RAF Stoke Holy Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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