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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)
      

      

        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
        
View of PILLBOX (VARIANT) - S0000724
         

     (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 

        		
      

    



  




    

				













    

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