Pillbox Circa 50 Metres North West of Crofton Pumping Station at Su 261624 is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1990. Pillbox.
Pillbox Circa 50 Metres North West of Crofton Pumping Station at Su 261624
- WRENN ID
- brooding-pedestal-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1990
- Type
- Pillbox
- OS grid reference
- SU 260 623
- Coordinates
- 51.35925, -1.6266
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an anti-tank pillbox, built around 1940, designed by the War Office as a Type FW3/28. The structure is rectangular and made of concrete, featuring permanent Phorpres hollow brick shuttering. It is part of the Southern Command's GHQ Line Blue, which was established for the defense of the United Kingdom. The pillbox is located approximately 50 meters northwest of Crofton Pumping Station.
Local climate
Pillbox Circa 50 Metres North West of Crofton Pumping Station at Su 261624 receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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