Listed Building record TQ 77 SE 104 - World War II Pillbox west of Abbots Court, Hoo St. Werburgh

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)

Concrete pillbox with brick shuttering.

Concrete type 24 pillbox facing E: narrow wall version with brick skin. In field 300m W of Abbot's Court Farm, on N side of farm road and W side of a stream, Hoo. (1)

The pillbox described in authority 1 is visible on aerial photographs taken in May 1942 and is still extant. It faces east towards an anti tank ditch (Monument 1542610), and is part of the supporting defences of a Stop Line (Monument 1542577) constructed in 1940 across the south western third of the Hoo Peninsula, from the north bank of the Medway to the south bank of the Thames at Higham Creek. This structure and the rest of the Stop Line defences have been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. (2-3)

<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.

<5> MMRG, 29/10/06, Type 24 Pill Box Sea Wall Hoo (Photograph). SKE14492.

<6> 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, 18/01/41, War diary (Collection). SKE14283.

<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.

<8> Council for British Archaeology, 2002, Defence of Britain Project (Digital archive). SKE32029.