Defence of Britain Database Anti-invasion record: S0011273

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Type 22 pillbox of a variant form. The pillbox is now in the garden of a Victorian-period house, but in 1940 this was railway land. The pillbox constructors had to build a base just below the level of the roadway of the bridge whilst allowing access from ground level some 20 feet lower. A wooden stepladder to reach the 'upper storey' entrance was set into the concrete base which stands partly on banked earth at road level and partly on concrete pillars. Adjacent to the rising road which peaks as it spans the two rail routes, the position needed embrasures to give a field of fire as wide as possible. The pillbox's condition is very good, with internal shuttering of brick and external reinforced concrete finish. It has an internal 'Y'-shaped anti-ricochet wall.
(Source: Field Visit 2000/03)
Concrete-faced type 22 pillbox, six-sided with an embrasure in each face
(Source: Field Visit 1999/07)

Type of site	PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22)
Location	In a private garden off Blakeney Road at its junction with Bridge Road, on sharply rising ground between two railway lines - Beckenham.
Area	Beckenham, London, Greater, England
Grid reference	TQ 367 702 (Scale: 1:2500 , 1959)
Period	WW2
Condition	Good
Materials	Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete
Recorder	Shackel, Michael
Defence grouping	London Stop Line: Central - Line B (middle) of London defence rings.
Photographs	(8) - exterior views (3 DIGITISED).
DOB site reference:	S0011273
Event	Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 2000/03 Field Visit, During 1999/07