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Hogwood Farm WWII Pillbox at Nine Mile Ride Finchampstead, Berkshire Hogwood Farm WWII Pillbox at Nine Mile Ride Finchampstead, Berkshire Historic Building Record Planning Ref.: O/2014/2179 Document Ref.: 218331.01 April 2019 © Wessex Archaeology Ltd 2019, all rights reserved Portway House Old Sarum Park Salisbury SP4 6EB www.wessexarch.co.uk Wessex Archaeology Ltd is a company limited by guarantee registered in England, company number 1712772. It is also a Charity registered in England and Wales number 287786, and in Scotland, Scottish Charity number SC042630. Our registered office is at Portway House, Old Sarum Park, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP4 6EB Disclaimer The material contained in this report was designed as an integral part of a report to an individual client and was prepared solely for the benefit of that client. The material contained in this report does not necessarily stand on its own and is not intended to nor should it be relied upon by any third party. To the fullest extent permitted by law Wessex Archaeology will not be liable by reason of breach of contract negligence or otherwise for any loss or damage (whether direct indirect or consequential) occasioned to any person acting or omitting to act or refraining from acting in reliance upon the material contained in this report arising from or connected with any error or omission in the material contained in the report. Loss or damage as referred to above shall be deemed to include, but is not limited to, any loss of profits or anticipated profits damage to reputation or goodwill loss of business or anticipated business damages costs expenses incurred or payable to any third party (in all cases whether direct indirect or consequential) or any other direct indirect or consequential loss or damage Document Information Document title Hogwood Farm, WWII Pillbox at Nine Mile Road, Finchampstead, Berkshire Document subtitle Historic Building Record Document reference 218331.03 Client name Legal and General Homes Address 3 Arlington Square Downshire Way Bracknell Berkshire RG12 1WA Site location Finchampstead County Berkshire National grid reference 477725 164496 (SU 7772 6449) Planning authority Wokingham Borough Council Planning reference O/2014/2179 WA project code 218331 Date(s) of fieldwork 20/03/2019 Fieldwork directed by Grace Flood Project management by Matt Rous Document compiled by Alvaro Mora-Ottomano and Matt Rous Graphics by Grace Flood Quality Assurance Version & issue date Status Author Approved by V1 25/04/2019 First external draft AMO MJR V2 29/04/2019 Second external draft AMO MJR Hogwood Farm, WWII Pillbox at Nine Mile Ride, Finchampstead, Berkshire Historic Building Record Contents Summary ............................................................................................................................................ ii Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................ ii 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Project background .........................................................................................................3 1.2 Site location and description ...........................................................................................3 2 METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Aims and objectives ........................................................................................................3 2.2 Methodology .................................................................................................................... 4 2.3 Record date ..................................................................................................................... 5 3 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ................................................................................................5 3.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 5 3.2 Historical development ....................................................................................................5 3.3 The G.H.Q. Line in Aldershot Command 1940 ................................................................5 4 BUILDING DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................6 4.1 The Pillbox ....................................................................................................................... 6 5 DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................................... 7 5.1 General ............................................................................................................................ 7 6 STORAGE AND CURATION ...................................................................................................8 6.1 Archive ............................................................................................................................ 8 6.2 Copyright ......................................................................................................................... 8 6.3 Security copy ................................................................................................................... 8 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 9 Bibliography .............................................................................................................................. 9 List of Figures Figure 1 Site location plan Figure 2 Park Lane Pillbox: plan and cross-sectional elevation List of Plates Plate 1 Pillbox viewed from the east Plate 2 Pillbox viewed from the north- east Plate 3 Double loophole viewed from the east Plate 4 Pillbox viewed from the south Plate 5 West elevation and entrance to Pillbox Plate 6 Remnant iron screw picket Plate 7 Fragment of asbestos flameproof shutter Plate 8 Pillbox interior viewed from the north-west Plate 9 Pillbox interior viewed from the south-east Plate 10 Interior arrangement of embrasure loophole and shelf Plate 11 Remnant graffiti on east wall i Doc ref 218331.1 Issue 1, April 2019 Hogwood Farm, WWII Pillbox at Nine Mile Ride, Finchampstead, Berkshire Historic Building Record Summary Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Legal and General Homes to produce a historic building record of a World War II (WWII) Pillbox situated near the junction of Nine Mile Ride and Park Lane, Finchampstead, Berkshire, RG40 4PY, approximately centred on National Grid Reference 477725, 164495. The historic building record forms part of a programme of archaeological work associated with the development of land at Hogwood Farm, Sheerlands Road, Finchhampstead, Berkshire. A site visit was carried out on 20th March 2019 by a buildings archaeologist from Wessex Archaeology. Although partially obscured by vegetation, the Pillbox was found to be in good condition and mostly intact. The structure appears to have been constructed as part of the deep defences of G.H.Q Line A as well as serving as a defence post for the east approaches to Arborfield Garrison a short distance to the north-west. The Pillbox appears to be a variant of the Type 26 with a chamber for rifles and/or light machine guns. The structure appears to be constructed of brick with pre-fabricated sections of standard pillbox elements such as the precast concrete embrasure loopholes. It contains a standard size doorway and a blast wall demarcating a passageway to the entrance. The roof consists of shuttered concrete and the floor is made of a concrete slab. The historic building recording exercise has ensured that a record of this WWII Pillbox has been recorded for future research and interest. Acknowledgements This project was commissioned by Legal and General Homes and Wessex Archaeology is grateful to Nick Jordan in this regard. This report was written by Alvaro Mora-Ottomano and edited by Matt Rous with illustrations by Grace Flood. The project was managed on behalf of Wessex Archaeology by Matt Rous. ii Doc ref 218331.1 Issue 1, April 2019 Hogwood Farm, WWII Pillbox at Nine Mile Ride, Finchampstead, Berkshire Historic Building Record Hogwood Farm WWII Pillbox, at Nine Mile Ride Finchampstead, Berkshire Historic Building Record 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project background 1.1.1 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Legal and General Homes (hereafter ‘the Client’) to produce a historic building record of a World War II (WWII) Pillbox situated near the junction of Nine Mile Ride and Park Lane, Finchampstead, Berkshire, RG40 4PY, approximately centred on National Grid Reference (NGR) 477725, 164495 (hereafter ‘the Site’, Figure 1). 1.1.2 The historic building record forms part of a programme of archaeological work associated with the development of land at Hogwood Farm, Sheerlands Road, Finchhampstead, Berkshire. 1.1.3 The historic building recording was carried out in accordance with a Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI) produced by Wessex Archaeology (2019), which was submitted to the Berkshire County Archaeologist, advisor to Wokingham Borough Council, in advance of the work. 1.2 Site location and description 1.2.1 The WWII Pillbox is located to the north of the junction of Nine Mile Ride and Park Lane, at the north-eastern corner of the field opposite the Robinson Crusoe Caravan Park and to the north-west
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