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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 104
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:World War II Pillbox west of Abbots Court, Hoo St. Werburgh

Summary

A Concrete World War II pillbox, located near in fields 300 metres to the west of Abbots Court Lodge, Hoo St. Werburgh. The type 24 pillbox faces east and is a narrow wall version with brick skin. It was visited during 1995 as part of a defensive survey.

Summary from record TQ 77 SE 1272:

Good condition type 24 pillbox. Forming part of Hoo stop line (GHQ line) anti invasion defences 1940. Facing NE.

Grid Reference:TQ 79087 72125
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (Modern - 1940 AD to 1945 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1472644: Type 24 Second World War pillbox south of Abbots Court Cottages, Hoo St Werburgh; Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: World War II Pillbox west of Abbots Court, Hoo St. Werburgh

Full description

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Concrete type 24 pillbox facing E narrow wall version with brick skin

Description from record TQ 77 SE 1272:
Standard concrete construction pillbox with 7 embrasures.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : Yes
How accessed for survey : AT SIDE OF PUBLIC TRACKWAY
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 06/10/29

This structure is mentioned in the English Heritage report on the Second World Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states: "A Second World War reinforced concrete Type 24 pillbox, narrow wall version in a field 300m west of Abbot's Court Farm, north of a farm road. Recorded on aerial photographs taken in May 1942 (RAF) and 2011 (English Heritage). (6)

Designated as a Listed Building in 2020 (7)


11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). SKE14283.

MMRG, 29/10/06, Type 24 Pill Box Sea Wall Hoo (Photograph). SKE14492.

<1> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, site visit by VTC Smith 10/9/95 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<2> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9839.

<3> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9869.

<4> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10332.

<5> Kent County Council, 1999, Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites, KD164 (Index). SWX11828.

<6> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31599.

<7> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Collection: 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. 18/01/41. War diary.
---Photograph: MMRG. 29/10/06. Type 24 Pill Box Sea Wall Hoo.
<1>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. site visit by VTC Smith 10/9/95.
<2>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3076. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4096. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 129. print.
<5>Index: Kent County Council. 1999. Survey of Kent post-1500 defence sites. KD164.
<6>Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014..
<7>Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.

Related records

TQ 77 SE 1322Part of: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes, Hoo Peninsula, Kent (Monument)