Ballachulish, Loanfern, Drill Hall
Drill Hall (First World War), Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century), Mechanics Institute (19th Century)-(20th Century), Village Hall (20th Century)(Possible)
Site Name Ballachulish, Loanfern, Drill Hall
Classification Drill Hall (First World War), Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century), Mechanics Institute (19th Century)-(20th Century), Village Hall (20th Century)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Joint Services Mountain Training Centre
Canmore ID 280774
Site Number NN05NE 35
NGR NN 08299 58244
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/280774
- Council Highland
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
This building is first recorded as 'Mechanics Institute' on the 1st edition OS 1:2500 map (surveyed 1870) in a central position within the model housing estate of quarriers' cottages. On this map and on the 2nd edition the building (still labelled 'Mechanics Institute') comprised a central block with two wings, to NNE and SSW. Only the central block and the NNE wing survive.
This is the only building likely to have been used as a drill hall in the village, and was in 1914 the base for "F" Company, 8th battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. It does not appear contrary to Osborne (2006), to have been built originally as a drill hall.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 17 September 2013.
Village Drill Hall, c.1870, (now Joint Services Mountain Training Centre), provides a focus to the central U-plan arrangement, with chunky pyramid-roofed clock tower clasped to a two-storey canted range.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 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.