Derby Road drill hall
| Derby Road drill hall | |
|---|---|
| Nottingham | |
 Derby Road drill hall | |
  Derby Road drill hall Location within Nottinghamshire | |
| Coordinates | 52°57′18″N 1°09′51″W / 52.95488°N 1.16417°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | c.1910 |
| Built for | War Office |
| Architect | Arthur Brewill and Basil Baily |
| In use | c.1910-Present |
The Derby Road drill hall is a former military installation in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
[edit]The building was designed in the Baroque revival style by architects Arthur Brewill and Basil Baily[2] as the headquarters of the 7th (Robin Hood) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters and was completed around 1910.[1][3] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.[4] The drill hall also served as the headquarters of the South Nottinghamshire Hussars.[3]
The battalion converted to become the 42nd (Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Search-Light Regiment, Royal Artillery in 1940.[5] This unit evolved to become the 577th (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) Search-Light Regiment, Royal Artillery in 1947 and the 350th (The Robin Hood Foresters) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery in 1955.[5] Following the cut-backs in 1967, the unit converted back to become D (Robin Hood Foresters) Company, 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment in 1971.[5] After the unit moved to Foresters House in Chilwell, the Derby Road drill hall was decommissioned and, it became a postal sorting office; it was marketed in 1985 and later converted for residential use.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Territorial Army Headquarters and Attached Railings". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ Pevsner Architectural Guides, Nottingham. Elain Harwood. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12666-2
- ^ a b c "Nottingham". The Drill Halls Project. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ "Sherwood Foresters". The Long, Long Trail. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ a b c "The Robin Hood Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2017.