Glasgow, 24 Hill Street
Drill Hall (First World War), Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 24 Hill Street
Classification Drill Hall (First World War), Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Highland Light Infantry Volunteers Drill Hall
Canmore ID 168523
Site Number NS56NE 1974
NGR NS 5862 6604
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/168523
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
The drill hall is marked on both 2nd and 3rd epoch OS maps of the area. It was built in 1892 by Horatio Kelson Bromhead as a volunteer hall. It occupies a corner site with plain two-storey elevations in rusticated sandstone, with a low corner tower to a slightly squat third storey. There is a massive square hall with an original central rooflight; the roof is now penetrated by many modern Velux-type windows.
Osborne (2006) reports that in 1914 the hall was the HQ of the 5th battalion, Highland Light Infantry, and the base of "A" to "H" Companies.
The building is now the Haldane Building of Glasgow School of Art.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 24 October 2013.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Glasgow, 24 Hill Street, Highland Light Infantry Volunteers Drill Hall.
Architect: Horatio Kelson Bromhead. 1892.
Building located using Post Office Glasgow Directory and Map. 1902-1903. See Bibliography.
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.