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The gardener's cottage (or summerhouse) was converted into a pillbox, and strengthened on the inside with concrete. At the entrance there is a 15ins thickness of concrete. There was a fireplace (now blocked up) in the NE corner, and inside the entrance are metal footholds to the trapdoor into the top level. The ceiling of the lower level is concrete shuttered on timber. There is an embrasure set in concrete on the outside of the E side of the top level. The present entrance on the N side was probably made by the Army for access. Although there is a metal-lined, slate, pyramidal roof now, the present owner says it would have had a flat roof when in use as a pillbox, on which there was probably a Bofors gun. Another embrasure can be seen on the SW side of the pillbox.
[The present owner does not wish any publicity to be given to this pillbox as it is on private land with no access to visitors].
(Source: Field Visit 2000/01/08)
Pillbox - unclassified. Built to resemble a summer house. Mock doors and windows. Mock roof and chimney. Built into an existing brick wall. Is on two levels.
(Source: SMR )
Pillbox - unclassified. Built to resemble a summer house. Mock doors and windows. Mock roof and chimney. Built into an existing brick wall. Is on two levels.
(Source: SMR )
| Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
|---|---|
| Location | In the corner of the garden of Charnwood House, built into the possibly original 18th cent. brick wall of Sherecroft Gardens which runs alongside Mill Hill (on A334 road), Botley. |
| Area |
Botley, Hampshire, England |
| Grid reference |
SU 5170 1300
(Scale: 1:1250
, 1999)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Clay Brick, Concrete, Steel |
| Recorder | Wylie, A.E. |
| Defence grouping |
Botley anti-tank island - Anti-invasion defences of Botley (4 Division) anti-tank island.
[GHQ and Comd: Cassini U93. 5 Corps Operation Instruction No.41 of 5.9.40 - PRO WO 166/249]. |
| Attached Sheets | (11) - further information, plans, sections, maps. |
| Photographs |
(12) - interior and exterior views (1 DIGITISED). |
| Adjacent sites | 3 other pillboxes and 6 anti-tank obstacles also in the grounds of Sherecroft Gardens. |
| DOB site reference: | S0011700 |
| Associated Identifier | Hampshire SMR (ref: SU51 SW29) |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 2000/01/08 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 |
