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Fullerton, ANDOVER, SP11 7LA

This 18th C farm building is part of the Fullerton Grange complex. Accordingly it is Grade II listed with English Heritage Building ID: 139724. See also: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-139724-fodder-store-15-yards-east-of-fullerton-grange

- Pillbox DoB ID: e09865 The embrasures with their stepped loopholes are visible here on the south side, and there is also another pair on the north side. The pair in the east facing wall have since been reduced to a single embrasure when the wall on that side was knocked through to create an access for the horses in the field. Image

- Pillbox DoB ID: e09865 A glimpse through the open doorway of the inside face of one of the loopholed embrasures on the south side. Unfortunately it was not possible to gain closer access to the building, so this and subsequent detail shots were taken with a telephoto lens from outside the boundary fence. Image

- Pillbox DoB ID: e09865 A close-up of the interior face of one of the embrasures in the south wall (a telephoto view of the previous image). The inner walls are approximately 18 ins thick extending up to just below the top of the doorway. Image

- Pillbox DoB ID: e09865 This is a telephoto interior view through the open doorway of the face of the remaining embrasure in the east wall. The angled splay of the loop is clearly visible despite the poor quality image, taken handheld in poor light from the fence boundary. Image

- Pillbox DoB ID: e09865 The pair of loopholed embrasures on the north side. With changes of use over the years, there is evidence on this side of a blocked doorway, and the addition of a metal drainpipe where a door once was. Image

- Pillbox DoB ID: e09865 Close-up of the embrasures on the north facing wall showing the splayed apertures of the loops and their stepped construction. The view also shows more clearly the blocked up doorway and the downpipe now covering it.

- Pillbox DoB ID: e09865 This humble little building of brick with flint bands is described by Historic England as a Grade II listed late C18 fodder store. What is not so well known is that in 1940 the building was rather cleverly adapted inside to conceal a pillbox. The inner walls were strengthened and their thickness increased to about 18 ins to accommodate on each of three sides, a pair of stepped loopholed embrasures. At a stroke the building's peacetime role changed to one more suited to a nation at war - a defended building, becoming part of the Salisbury East Stopline chain of defences created in 1940. These ran from Totton near Southampton to Basingstoke, via Romsey and the Test Valley. Situated close to Fullerton Mill, the River Test, the former Andover to Redbridge railway, and the main road from Andover to Stockbridge, the building was obviously chosen for its proximity to these locations. There is a particularly good view across the open field to the east, as well as to the north and south through the loopholed embrasures that are still the most visible evidence today of the building's wartime role. Image

A junction on the edge of the hamlet.