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Essex HER

Name:Pillbox (destroyed) Midsummer House, Littlebury
SMR Number:10211
Type of record:Monument
Grid Reference:TL 518 396
Map Sheet:TL53NW
Parish:LITTLEBURY, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Summary

Contemporary records list a "Pillbox.

Full description

Contemporary records list a "Pillbox. Cottage garden W. of river and N. of and adj. Saffron Walden Road." <1> This, apparently, stood in the W corner of what is now the front garden of Midsummer House but was demolished many years ago. <2>


<1> unknown, 1968, War Time Contraventions 1968, Littlebury (LIST). SEX31436.


<2> local resident, unknown, PERS COMM by wartime landowner (Verbal communication). SEX31451.

Monument Types

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

Protected Status

  • Conservation Area: Littlebury

Sources and further reading

<1>LIST: unknown. 1968. War Time Contraventions 1968. Littlebury.
<2>Verbal communication: local resident. unknown. PERS COMM by wartime landowner.