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Pillbox built especially to fit the site beneath a metal footbridge over the railway; incorporates bridge supports. Door and embrasures now sealed. Faced Selsdon Road marshalling yard (now closed).
(Source: Field Visit 1996/10/07)
Concrete pillbox built under footbridge. The supports of the bridge are encased in the structure of the pillbox.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/07/19)
Concrete pillbox designed for its site. It is built under the legs of a railway footbridge. 6 x embrasures (all sealed). The entrance is also sealed. In very good condition.
[Surrey Industrial Society survey gives NGR - TQ 330639].
(Source: Field Visit 1993/03/01)
A bespoke pillbox tailored to suit the unusual site. Constructed of reinforced concrete around the supporting iron pillars and cross-struts of a footbridge over a now abandoned railway, the pillbox has at least two infilled embrasures facing the tracks. At this point, near the former Selsdon Road station, there was a long line of anti-tank cubes immediately opposite the pillbox [see UORN 2570]. Access to the pillbox itself is not possible.
(Source: Field Visit 2001/04)
| Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
|---|---|
| Location | Under footbridge over railway leading to Croham Hurst Woods - between Moreton Road, passing Dornton Road, to Whitmead Close. |
| Area |
Croydon, London, Greater, England |
| Grid reference |
TQ 329 640
(Scale: 1:25000
, 1993)
|
| Period | WW2 |
| Condition | Good |
| Materials | Reinforced Concrete |
| Threats |
Type: Development (Medium Term) Detail: The area of the pillbox is much overgrown. If it is cleared, as seems likely, then the footbridge, with the pillbox, might be removed. |
| Recorder | Urquhart, Cyril |
| Defence grouping |
London Stop Line: Outer - Line A (outer suburbs) of London defence rings. |
| Attached Sheets | (3) - additional information, site location map, and plan. |
| Photographs |
(7) - exterior views (one taken in 1975), and two archival photographs (Shackel) - 1 DIGITISED. |
| DOB site reference: | S0002569 |
| Original Reference | 7902 |
| Event |
Field Visit, On 1996/10/07 Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, During 2001/04 Field Visit, On 1993/03/01 |
