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eDoB Online Map - PILLBOX (VARIANT): S0011853 (Removed)

Location: SCA Packaging building, 606, Purley Way, Croydon.

Condition: Good

Description: 03/2000 Pillbox of a variant form of a type 26. It has been built to a second storey level. It is possible that it served as part of the defences of Croydon Airfield, but more likely it was protecting a vulnerable point - i. e. that of the factory to which it is still attached which during the war was making paper tubes for shells and cartridges. Its external condition appears excellent, having apparently been repointed in recent years and painted white. In 1988 oblique aerial photographs show it unpainted. The factory building to which the pillbox is attached is a London Borough of Croydon locally listed 1930s commercial building, of which it is a fine example. It is not known if the protection extends to the pillbox. 01/03/1993 Pillbox built on roof of section post at factory entrance. Square pillbox and L shaped section post. 3 x rifle/lmg. In very good condition, being upkept as part of Bowater factory. (Surrey Industrial Society survey gives Grid reference - TQ 311644). 07/10/1996 Pillbox and communication shelter. Designed for site. Door to the communication area is in the middle of the pillbox arch. 3 x high embrasures providing a commanding view. Part of the ex-Croydon Airport defences.

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Source: Defence of Britain Archive

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Last Edited: 14/08/2017 11:43:19

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