Building 219, WWI Sentry Post, Lodge Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 2011. Sentry post.
Building 219, WWI Sentry Post, Lodge Hill
- WRENN ID
- stark-pier-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 2011
- Type
- Sentry post
- Address
- Building 219, WWI Sentry Post, Lodge Hill, High Halstow
- OS grid reference
- TQ 770 738
- Coordinates
- 51.43588, 0.54607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a reinforced concrete sentry post, also known as building 219, located in the eastern part of the Lodge Hill site. It is presumed to have been positioned to observe approaches to the eastern gate rail entrance. The structure is approximately 2.5 meters high and has a polygonal shape with eleven sides and a shallow domed roof. The walls are about 30 centimeters thick and built in sections of approximately 60 centimeters. The roof is constructed using a corrugated former. Access is provided through a small, heavy, hatched south door made of reinforced concrete, featuring a steel bar handle and external hinges. There are five observation apertures on alternate sides, which could also have served as small arms embrasures for handguns. The interior retains remnants of metal sheet lining.
Local climate
Building 219, WWI Sentry Post, Lodge Hill 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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