Peebles, Walkerhaugh, Drill Hall (North)
Drill Hall (19th Century) - (20th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Site Name Peebles, Walkerhaugh, Drill Hall (North)
Classification Drill Hall (19th Century) - (20th Century), War Memorial (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Boer War Memorial
Canmore ID 333062
Site Number NT24SE 236
NGR NT 25392 40367
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/333062
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Peebles
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
Two drill halls succeeded one another in Walkerhaugh. This, the earlier drill hall, is marked on the 2nd epoch OS map, surveyed 1897, on the east side of Tweedbrae, its southern elevation at that time facing onto a narrow un-named lane, which would become Walkerhaugh.
The building is L-shaped, with a small southward extension. The main part of the façade has two doors and three semi-circular lights; the extension has three of these lights. All the openings have sandstone frames and the building is harled.
By the time of the 3rd epoch map (surveyed 1906) the building was no longer labelled, and a new drill hall had appeared on the other (southern) side of the road).
It has been extended to the rear and is now a church.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 28 October 2013.
