Summary

Standing 50 yards to the NE of the minefield control tower, at the W end of the moat around Coalhouse Fort, is a small concrete building - clearly of WWII vintage.

Full description

Standing 50 yards to the NE of the minefield control tower, at the W end of the moat around Coalhouse Fort, is a small concrete building - clearly of WWII vintage. It is generally 5'6" high x 7' x 9' and contains one chamber measuring 4' x 5'. The remains of iron hinges show that there was once a door to the room. Inside there are three notched wooden racks attached to the walls and a number of square holes in the floor. The building may have been constructed to house the minefield cabling junction boxes which would have been mounted on the wall racks - the cabling being channelled via the notches and routed out through the floor holes. Two photos of site. <1>

<1> Nash, Fred, 1996, WWII defences, two frames (Photograph). SEX31461.

<2> Tyler, Sue, 2000, CP/00/9/13 (AP). SEX60360.

<3> Smith, Joanna, 2007, East Tilbury, Essex - Historic Area Appraisal, mentioned in appraisal (DESC TEXT). SEX70042.

Monument Types

• BUILDING (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Protected Status

• Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 110
• Building at Risk (C) 10300: Concrete Building, Coalhouse Fort
• Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 117_2
• Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 3
• Scheduled Monument () 1013943: Coalhouse Fort battery and artillery defences
• Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 117_1
• Historic Environment Character Area: Thames Gateway 117
• Historic Environment Character Zone: Thames Gateway 110_2

Sources and further reading

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Images

East Tilbury - Coalhouse Fort, Quick Firing Battery © Essex County Council

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