Albert Road drill hall | |
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Retford | |
Coordinates | 53°19′07″N 0°56′30″W / 53.31867°N 0.94173°W |
Type | Drill hall |
Site history | |
Built | 1860 |
In use | 1860-Present |
The Albert Road drill hall is a former military installation in Retford.
The building was designed as a mission hall for All Hallows' Church, Ordsall and was completed around 1860. [1] After an extension to St Alban's Church, Ordsall was completed in 1913, [2] the parish had sufficient capacity and regarded the hall as surplus to requirements. [1] Instead it became the headquarters of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry in 1914. [3] The regiment was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli. [4] After a modern Territorial Army Centre was established in Hallcroft Road, the hall was decommissioned and was used as a Methodist Sunday School Centre and then as a storage facility. [1]