{"id":4007,"date":"2013-01-22T17:30:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/psgwordpress\/?page_id=4007"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:10:05","slug":"beaulieus-disguised-dairyhouse-pillbox-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/beaulieus-disguised-dairyhouse-pillbox-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Beaulieu’s Disguised Dairyhouse Pillbox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Concealed and Disguised Pillboxes at Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Many people will recognise this unusual building as one that features on the cover of Henry Wills “Pillboxes” book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The camouflaged pillbox sits in the garden of the Mill House and covers the bridge over the River Beaulieu in Hampshire, before it was converted it was used as a dairy house to store milk and make butter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ancient “listed building” has a distinctive tiled roof supported around the edges by wooden posts, the house was constructed octagonal and built with red brick; internally it was adapted into a fortified position and features three concrete loopholes. Each embrasure sits immediately behind the original lead light windows, a section of glass is conveniently removed in front of every loophole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To give the occupants protection from attack the wall thickness was increased, this reduced the interior to a small confined square with firing positions in line with the entrance as well as one on each side. A concrete roof was formed internally by wood shuttering; this was built to about a foot thick. The entrance was reduced in height but has since been returned to its original build, the doorway was originally protected with a low blast wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was kindly given access and information on this defence by the proprietor, I was also shown a loophole hidden away in the courtyard of the mill, this faces south and would have covered the approach to the road and bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A further defended building can be seen opposite the mill house with loopholes in both sides covering the road in both directions, currently this building is being used as a studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A short distance from the courtyard, adjacent to the path leading from the road, is an unusual rectangular pillbox (ngr SU387022) eDoB Online Map – e31965<\/a> this has double embrasures on one side facing towards the river, I was told it had been adapted as a storage unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to Mr and Mrs Phipps for their hospitality and showing me around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Tim Denton 2009<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Copyright Graham G Matthews@psg2010<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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