Titchfield Street drill hall | |
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Kilmarnock, Scotland | |
![]() Titchfield Street drill hall (now a restaurant) | |
Coordinates | 55°36′23″N 4°29′51″W / 55.60644°N 4.49749°W |
Type | Drill hall |
Site history | |
Built | 1914 |
Built for | War Office |
Architect | Gabriel Andrew & Son |
In use | 1914 – 1967 |
The Titchfield Street drill hall is a former military installation in Kilmarnock.
The building was designed by Gabriel Andrew & Son as the headquarters of the 4th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers and completed in 1914. [1] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and then to the Western Front. [2] The battalion amalgamated with the 5th Battalion to form the 4th/5th Battalion at the drill hall in Ayr in 1921 although a company remained at the Titchfield Street drill hall until the 4th/5th Battalion was disbanded in 1967. [3] The building was also the home of C Squadron of the Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry until the squadron was disbanded in 1967. [4]
The building was taken over the Kilmarnock and District Model Railway Club in 1971 [5] and has since been converted for retail use, most recently as a restaurant. [6]
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Titchfield Street drill hall | |
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Kilmarnock, Scotland | |
![]() Titchfield Street drill hall (now a restaurant) | |
Coordinates | 55°36′23″N 4°29′51″W / 55.60644°N 4.49749°W |
Type | Drill hall |
Site history | |
Built | 1914 |
Built for | War Office |
Architect | Gabriel Andrew & Son |
In use | 1914 – 1967 |
The Titchfield Street drill hall is a former military installation in Kilmarnock.
The building was designed by Gabriel Andrew & Son as the headquarters of the 4th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers and completed in 1914. [1] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and then to the Western Front. [2] The battalion amalgamated with the 5th Battalion to form the 4th/5th Battalion at the drill hall in Ayr in 1921 although a company remained at the Titchfield Street drill hall until the 4th/5th Battalion was disbanded in 1967. [3] The building was also the home of C Squadron of the Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry until the squadron was disbanded in 1967. [4]
The building was taken over the Kilmarnock and District Model Railway Club in 1971 [5] and has since been converted for retail use, most recently as a restaurant. [6]
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