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Existing toll house/watchman's hut by former railway line. Building modified by insertion of new inner skin of brick, concrete fill, alteration of existing widows to loopholes. Loopholes camouflaged with black/white paint to look like windows. Coalport Bridge built 1818.
(Source: Field Visit 1996/01/07)
Type of site | DEFENDED BUILDING |
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Location | On bank of River Severn facing Coalport Bridge and to the E of the old railway station, by the side of what was the track. |
Area |
Broseley, Wrekin, The, England |
Grid reference |
SJ 702 020
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1981)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Fair |
Materials | Clay Brick, Clay Tile, Concrete |
Threats |
Type: Deterioration (Medium Term) Detail: General decay. |
Recorder | Lowry, Bernard (Defence of Britain Project) |
Defence grouping |
Western Command Stop Line No 1 - Line of River Severn from Tewkesbury via Worcester and Bridgnorth to Shrewsbury, and then on to Llandrinio. |
Photographs |
(2) - 1 interior, 1 exterior views (DIGITISED - Clarke). |
DOB site reference: | S0005959 |
Reference |
1985 Pillboxes: A Study of UK Defences |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1996/07/01 Field Visit, During 2000 |