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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 77 SE 1273
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:Infantry pillbox, north of Yew Tree Lodge, Hoo St Werburgh

Summary

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

Summary from record TQ 77 SE 96:

A Concrete World War II pillbox, located near Tile Barn Lane, 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.


Grid Reference:TQ 7892 7278
Map Sheet:TQ77SE
Parish:HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • PILLBOX (PILLBOX, Modern - 1940 AD? to 1945 AD?)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1472635: Type 24 Second World War pillbox east of Hoo St Werburgh

Full description

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Standard concrete construction pillbox with 7 embrasures.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : In private radio compound
Tourism Potential : Possible heritage trail
Condition : good
Date of visit : 06/10/29

Description from record TQ 77 SE 96:
Concrete type 24 pillbox facing E. Narrow wall version with brick skin (1).

This feature is recorded in the English Heritage report on the Second World War Stop Line in the Hoo Peninsula, part of the wider Hoo Peninsula study. The report states: "Second World War reinforced concrete pillbox with brick shuttering with recessed embrasures to the east of Hoo St Werburgh by a farm track off the north side of the Stoke Road. Recorded on 2007 aerial photographs (PGA) but under tree cover by 2013 (Google Earth). Appeared to be complete on a 2014 field visit but is surrounded by dense vegetation. (2)

Designated as a Listed Building in 2020 (3)


MMRG, 10/06/06, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). SKE14509.

MMRG, 10/06/06, Type 24 pill box (Photograph). Ske14509.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). SKE14284.

11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War Diary (Collection). Ske14284.

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

<2> 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.

<3> 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. 10/06/06. Type 24 pill box.
<1>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Site visit by VTC Smith 10/9/95.
<2>Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project: Second World War Stop Line: Hoo St Werburgh to Higham Marshes. Research Report 9-2014..
<3>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)