Laurencekirk, 244 High Street, Drill Hall
Drill Hall (First World War), Drill Hall (20th Century), House (20th Century)
Site Name Laurencekirk, 244 High Street, Drill Hall
Classification Drill Hall (First World War), Drill Hall (20th Century), House (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Ta Centre
Canmore ID 331409
Site Number NO77SW 92
NGR NO 71195 70839
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/331409
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Laurencekirk
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
The Laurencekirk, High Street, drill hall is a two-storeyed dormered building with four bays to the main street frontage and a single-storey hall behind. The hall has been re-roofed. The entrances to both street-front block and hall are to the side, in a lane. Osborne (2006) suggests that the detached building immediately behind the hall was residential accommodation for an instructor. The street-front building and hall, but not the detached house, are marked on the 3rd epoch Ordnance Survey 1:2500 map. In 1914 the drill hall was the drill station for "C" Squadron, Fife &Forfar Yeomanry and base for " D" Company, 7th battalion Gordon Highlanders. The building is still in use as TA centre.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 19 June 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.
