Hopeman, Farquhar Street, Drill Hall
Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century), Drill Hall (First World War), War Memorial (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hopeman, Farquhar Street, Drill Hall
Classification Drill Hall (19th Century)-(20th Century), Drill Hall (First World War), War Memorial (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) War Memorial Plaque
Canmore ID 331449
Site Number NJ16NW 126
NGR NJ 14587 69394
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/331449
- Council Moray
- Parish Duffus
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
A building labelled as "drill hall" is marked on the 2nd edition OS 1:2500 map of Hopeman. The architect Charles Chree Doig is recorded as having overseen repairs to the Hopeman drill hall in 1909. The building is of rubble, with a single pitch and two large windows on the street frontage gable.
The hall survives and is now a dwelling, next to the Hopeman Memorial Hall, erected in memory of the Hopeman men who fell.
It is not known which, if any units, were based here during 1914-18. It is recorded that a branch of the Scottish Women's Rural Institute was started at Hopeman drill hall in 1937.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 21 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.
