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| HHER Number: | 6678 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | PILLBOX, LAKESIDE, DARNICLE HILL, CHESHUNT |
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Summary
Unusual crenellated pillbox
Images
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| Grid Reference: | TL 311 047 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL30SW |
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| Parish: | Broxbourne (Non Civil Parish), Broxbourne, Hertfordshire |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Types
- PILLBOX (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
A most unusual pillbox, worthy of preservation. A hexagonal brick & concrete Type 22 <1> overlooking the Cheshunt to Newgate Street valley to the NW. It stands in a private garden & is viewed & used as an attractive garden feature. What is particularly unusual, & contributes greatly to its attraction is that the roof has been crenellated in concrete & this appears to be original - not a post-war addition. This is confirmed by the owners of the house called Lakeside, who constructed the house and garden 5 years ago, in a field <2, 3>.
<1> Wills, Henry, 1985, Pillboxes, - p28 (Bibliographic reference). SHT4015.
<2> Information from owner, 5.2.92 (Unpublished document). SHT8016.
<3> Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs, 5.2.1992 (Unpublished document). SHT3718.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Wills, Henry. 1985. Pillboxes. - p28. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: Information from owner. 5.2.92. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Fred Nash (HCC), site visit and photographs. 5.2.1992. |
Related records
| 10232 | Part of: WORLD WAR II ANTI-TANK DITCH, OUTER LONDON STOP LINE EASTERN SECTION, FROM NEWGATE STREET TO WORMLEY (Monument) |
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