Haldane Building | |
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Glasgow, Scotland | |
Coordinates | 55°52′01″N 4°15′39″W / 55.86681°N 4.26074°W |
Type | Drill hall |
Site information | |
Owner | Glasgow School of Art |
Site history | |
Built | 1897 |
Built for | War Office |
Architect | Horatio Kelson Bromhead |
In use | 1897 – 1967 |
The Haldane Building is a former drill hall at Hill Street in Garnethill, Glasgow.
The building was designed by Horatio Kelson Bromhead as the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Battalion the Highland Light Infantry [1] and completed in 1897. [2] This unit became the 5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (Territorial Force) in 1908. [3] [4] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and then to the Western Front. [5] It became the home of 5th/6th Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry, on amalgamation with the 6th (which had been based in the Yorkhill Street drill hall), [6] 10th and 11th Battalions of the Highland Light Infantry in 1947. [7] Colours flying, the 5/6th Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry marched from the Hill Street drill hall to amalgamate with the Glasgow Highlanders to form a company of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers at the Hotspur Street drill hall in 1967. [7] The drill hall was then decommissioned and converted for academic use: it is now known as the Haldane Building, named after the Glasgow engraver James Haldane, and is part of the Glasgow School of Art. [8]
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Haldane Building | |
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Glasgow, Scotland | |
Coordinates | 55°52′01″N 4°15′39″W / 55.86681°N 4.26074°W |
Type | Drill hall |
Site information | |
Owner | Glasgow School of Art |
Site history | |
Built | 1897 |
Built for | War Office |
Architect | Horatio Kelson Bromhead |
In use | 1897 – 1967 |
The Haldane Building is a former drill hall at Hill Street in Garnethill, Glasgow.
The building was designed by Horatio Kelson Bromhead as the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Battalion the Highland Light Infantry [1] and completed in 1897. [2] This unit became the 5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (Territorial Force) in 1908. [3] [4] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and then to the Western Front. [5] It became the home of 5th/6th Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry, on amalgamation with the 6th (which had been based in the Yorkhill Street drill hall), [6] 10th and 11th Battalions of the Highland Light Infantry in 1947. [7] Colours flying, the 5/6th Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry marched from the Hill Street drill hall to amalgamate with the Glasgow Highlanders to form a company of the 52nd Lowland Volunteers at the Hotspur Street drill hall in 1967. [7] The drill hall was then decommissioned and converted for academic use: it is now known as the Haldane Building, named after the Glasgow engraver James Haldane, and is part of the Glasgow School of Art. [8]
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