Summary

Road Barrier (destroyed)

Full description

Contemporary records state, “Road barrier. Road No. A.130, ‘Beehive Inn’. Map ref. 165241”, “Tank traps. I Providence Cottages, Baddow Road”. and “Concrete cubes. 2 Providence Cottages, Baddow Road”. <1>

These three entries all refer to a single barrier across Baddow Road between the “Beehive” public house on the S side and Nos. 1 and 2 Providence Cottages, now Nos. 289 and 287 Baddow Road, on the N Side. Here, in fact a few yards W of the “Beehive”, the road is slightly constructed by a rising bank of shrubs. Nothing significant can be seen on an aerial photograph of the area taken in August 1946 and it is probable that the barrier was demolished immediately the war ended or, as in many cases, during the final months.

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

Monument Types

• ROAD BARRIER (WWII, Modern - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

Associated Events

• Visit by Fred Nash - Jan 2005 (Ref: Nash CHL Jan 2005)
• Visit by Fred Nash - Dec 2004 (Ref: Nash CHL Dec 2004)

Protected Status

• Historic Environment Character Area: Chelmsford 2
• Historic Environment Character Zone: Chelmsford 2.2

Sources and further reading

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