Glasgow, 21 Jardine Street, Lanarkshire Regiment Drill Hall
Drill Hall (19th Century), Drill Hall (First World War), Drill Hall (Second World War), Military Headquarters (First World War), Military Headquarters (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 21 Jardine Street, Lanarkshire Regiment Drill Hall
Classification Drill Hall (19th Century), Drill Hall (First World War), Drill Hall (Second World War), Military Headquarters (First World War), Military Headquarters (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Garriochmill Road
Canmore ID 171765
Site Number NS56NE 2176
NGR NS 57631 67224
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171765
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
The 2nd epoch map (surveyed 1894) show a 'Volunteer Head Quarters' on this site, while the 3rd and 4th epoch maps (surveyed 1909 and 1932) show 'Territorial Head Quarters' . On all three maps a separate and far larger 'drill hall' is also shown, a few metres to the west, but the location and ground plan of the drill hall shown on the 2nd edition map differs from that shown on the later ones.
The actual drill hall has been replaced by a modern Territorial Army building, but the 1894 building, mapped as Territorial Head Quarters (but listed by Historic Scotland as 'drill hall') survives. It was built in 1894 by Robert Bryden, and is of two storeys, attic and basement, in Tudor style. It is sited on falling ground. Red brick, base course, rubbed, roll-moulded margins to principal windows; mock timber framing to E elevation and side elevation at first floor, with timber bracket. Segmental-arched windows to basement and principal floor.
It is possible that intentions changed during the planning and construction of these buildings. The precise purposes of the two buildings, and their relationship, clearly require further research. Osborne (2006) records that the drill hall, in 1914, was the base of 1st Field Company Highland Divisional Royal Engineers and base for Scottish Command RE-Signal Companies, Army Troops.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 24 October 2013.
Lanarkshire Regimental Drill Hall, 21 Jardine Street, 1894, Robert Alexander Bryden
Massive red brick Tudor, with timber-framed upper floor and double gables. Central corbelled chimney breast, carved armorial, main entrance to right in tall corniced ashlar panel, arched windows to basement and ground floors.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
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.
