Edinburgh, 124 Mcdonald Road, Territorial Army Administration Block
Drill Hall (20th Century), Drill Hall (Second World War), Drill Hall (First World War), Military Headquarters (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 124 Mcdonald Road, Territorial Army Administration Block
Classification Drill Hall (20th Century), Drill Hall (Second World War), Drill Hall (First World War), Military Headquarters (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Mcdonald Place; Mcdonald Street
Canmore ID 136819
Site Number NT27NE 175
NGR NT 26053 75168
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/136819
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
The drill hall in McDonald Road was designed by Thomas Duncan Rhind, 1912 for the Royal Artillery, and is marked on the OS map of the area surveyed in that year.
The front block has two storeys and an attic in a mansard roof. It has a symmetrical three-bay frontage. It has a pedimented central bay with channelled quoins. The door is flanked by large round-headed windows. Single windows on first floor and attic above.
The hall behind survives but has been encased in a modern flat-roofed extension.
In 1914 the building was the HQ, and base of one battery and the Ammunition Column of the Lowland Royal Garrison Artillery - Heavy.
It has continued in military use and is still (2012) a cadet HQ.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 28 October 2013.
Project (March 2013 - September 2013)
A project to characterise the quantity and quality of the Scottish resource of known surviving remains of the First World War. Carried out in partnership between Historic Scotland and RCAHMS.
Archaeological Evaluation (21 March 2013)
NT 260 752 A trial trenching evaluation was carried out on 21 March 2013 on a brownfield site prior to development. There are no known sites within Phase 1 of the development, but a Victorian church is located within Phase 2. A total of 10% of the development area was evaluated but only large-scale landscaping and backfilling, attributed to modern sand extraction, were recorded.
Archive: RCAHMS (intended)
Funder: City of Edinburgh Council Archaeology Service
Jake Streatfeild-James, AOC Archaeology Group, 2013
(Source: DES)
