Type 24 Second World War pillbox south of Abbots Court Lodge, Hoo St Werburgh is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 2020. A Modern Military structure.

Type 24 Second World War pillbox south of Abbots Court Lodge, Hoo St Werburgh

WRENN ID
rusted-column-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 2020
Type
Military structure
Period
Modern
OS grid reference
TQ 790 726
Coordinates
51.42502, 0.57376
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a Type 24 pillbox built in 1940 as part of the anti-invasion defences of the Hoo Stop Line. It has an irregular hexagon shape and is constructed from reinforced concrete with yellow stock brick shuttering. The pillbox features thick walls and is notable for having no brickwork above the five recessed light machine gun embrasures, a characteristic unique to this section of the GHQ Line, likely due to the work of a specific contractor. The longer rear wall includes a low entrance flanked by two additional loopholes. Inside, there is a concrete, Y-shaped, anti-ricochet wall at the centre of the pillbox.

Local climate

Type 24 Second World War pillbox south of Abbots Court Lodge, Hoo St Werburgh 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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