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Twin pillboxes, brick-skinned, set against outside of railway station booking hall, on roof.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/07/16)
Two pillboxes built into the roof of Bishopstone Station on the Lewes - Seaford route.
(Source: Article 1996)
Non-standard pillboxes, brick-shuttered, situated on roof of station, with field of fire for E pillbox N and NE to S: W pillbox N, NW and S Defensive coastal installation protecting railway station and adjacent low lying area.
with location PLANS drawn on forms.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/05/09)
Pair of curious gun posts, with four embrasures, in art deco B.R. station.
(Source: Field Visit 1995/05)
Type of site | PILLBOX (VARIANT) |
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Location | Above booking hall at Bishopstone Station, off the A259 road behind the Abbotts Lodge Motel, near Seaford. |
Area |
Bishopstone, Sussex, East, England |
Grid reference |
TV 4692 9991
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Cobb, Peter D. (UK Fortifications Club) |
Defence grouping |
Sussex coast defences - Defences of the East and West Sussex coastlines, and their immediate hinterland. GHQ Line (East Sussex) - Newhaven - Crowborough reserve stop line. |
Attached Sheets | (2) - rough plan and sheet with photocopy photograph. |
Photographs |
(5) - slides; and 8 photographs (exterior and close-up views - inc.4 photocopies) 1 DIGITISED. |
Adjacent sites | Non-standard pillbox to W. |
DOB site reference: | S0000724 |
Reference |
Sussex Wartime Relics and Memorials |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940 1941 Field Visit, On 1995/07/16 Field Visit, During 1996 Field Visit, During 1995/05 |