World War II Defences: anti-tank cubes and dummy pill box along River Mews and to walled garden south of the Crown Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 January 2012. Defensive structure.
World War II Defences: anti-tank cubes and dummy pill box along River Mews and to walled garden south of the Crown Hotel
- WRENN ID
- bitter-forge-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 January 2012
- Type
- Defensive structure
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A number of anti-tank obstacles, erected in c1940-1 as a component of the Blandford Forum Anti-Tank Island, comprising of a pre-existing late-C18/early-C19 brick wall enclosing the rectangular garden south of the Crown Hotel, re-enforced with concrete cubes built against the east wall and a concrete brick faced 'dummy' pill box built against the outside of the south wall.
A further two concrete defence cubes are situated in the car park to the south of the Crown Hotel (the north side of River Mews), and two more, plus one concrete 'dragon tooth' (a cube with a pyramidal cap), stand on the south side of River Mews, at the corner with West Street.
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