Section Post

This is a military section post built in 1940 or 1941. It is made of red brick in English bond and concrete.

The building has a west-facing chevron plan with two adjoining linear wings that meet at a central point that juts out. The entrance is located at the north-east end and is accessed by steps leading down into the semi-sunken structure.

The structure features an earthwork trench that is revetted in brick above ground level and has a roof. The brick revetment walls to the east and south are solid and extend nine courses above ground level. To the north and west, between two and five courses of brick are visible, topped by concrete embrasures, with ten facing west and one facing north. The front wall is 35.5 centimeters thick (three bricks), and the embrasures are 59.5 centimeters tall. Some bricks in the second course of the front wall protrude by about half a brick in depth, likely to help secure sandbag protection under the embrasures.

The entrance in the rear wall has triangular concrete slabs projecting on both sides of the door, serving as blast walls. The roof consists of a 22-centimeter thick cast-concrete slab. Attached to the south-west end of the structure is a modern timber shelter, which is not of special interest. Inside, there is a brick ledge below the embrasures and regularly spaced protruding bricks in the rear wall, possibly for hanging equipment. There is also a recess in the upper part of the south wall, and the floor appears to be solid cast concrete.