World War II Pillbox at Eastney Beach is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 2013. Military structure.
World War II Pillbox at Eastney Beach
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-shingle-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 2013
- Type
- Military structure
- OS grid reference
- SZ 674 989
- Coordinates
- 50.78578, -1.04474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The World War II pillbox at Eastney Beach is a Grade II listed structure made of stone blocks with a reinforced concrete roof. It has a rectangular plan, measuring 5.6 meters on the long sides and 5.1 meters on the short sides.
The pillbox is situated on a mound above a low concrete wall, overlooking the tank traps on the beach to the south. On the south side, the roof is supported by steel joists, which may have originally been railway tracks, laid along the top of the wall. Originally, there were six loopholes on this side, but only the three eastern ones remain due to damage to the stonework; all loopholes are now blocked except for those on the west side.
The east elevation features a central entrance, which is now blocked, and was originally protected by a half-height blast wall that has since been demolished. This entrance is flanked by two pairs of loopholes. The northern and western elevations each contain six loopholes. The western elevation is next to a post-war public toilet, which is not of special interest. The condition of the interior is not known.
Local climate
World War II Pillbox at Eastney Beach receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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