High Street drill hall | |
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Paisley, Scotland | |
Coordinates | 55°50′41″N 4°25′54″W / 55.84469°N 4.43159°W |
Type | Drill hall |
Site history | |
Built | 1896 |
Built for | War Office |
In use | 1896-1921 |
The High Street drill hall is a former military installation in Paisley, Scotland.
The building was designed by Thomas Graham Abercrombie as the headquarters of the 2nd Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers and completed about 1896. [1] This unit evolved into the 6th Battalion, the Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) in 1908. [2] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front. [3] [4] The 6th Battalion amalgamated with the 5th Battalion to form the 5th/6th Battalion in 1921. [5] The building continued to be used as a drill hall until 1996. [6] It was subsequently decommissioned and sold to the University of the West of Scotland for academic use. [7]
On 11 March 2020, a fire broke out in the building causing extensive damage to the roof. [8]