Pillbox, north-east of Knoll House Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 2012. Pillbox.
Pillbox, north-east of Knoll House Hotel
- WRENN ID
- steep-terrace-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 2012
- Type
- Pillbox
- OS grid reference
- SZ 031 834
- Coordinates
- 50.6503, -1.95664
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pillbox, located north-east of Knoll House Hotel, is a 20th-century military structure. It has an irregular hexagonal shape and faces the sea to the east. The construction is made of shuttered, reinforced concrete, featuring three embrasures that look out towards the sea on the east, south-east, and north-east sides. On the west side, there is a hatch-type entrance that has been blocked with corrugated iron. Inside, there are indications of wooden shuttering. The pillbox has settled into the ground, nearly aligning with its embrasures.
Local climate
Pillbox, north-east of Knoll House Hotel 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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