The Forrest Hill drill hall is a former military installation in Edinburgh, Scotland. The building is now owned by the University of Edinburgh.
| Forrest Hill drill hall | |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh, Scotland | |
.jpg) Forrest Hill drill hall | |
  Forrest Hill drill hall Location in Edinburgh | |
| Coordinates | 55°56′45″N 3°11′31″W / 55.94590°N 3.19203°W |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1872 |
| Built for | War Office |
| Architect | Duncan Menzies |
| In use | 1872 – 1993 |
Listed Building – Category B | |
| Designated | 8 May 1975 |
| Reference no. | LB27773 |
History
editThe building was designed by Duncan Menzies as the headquarters of the Queen's Edinburgh Rifles and completed in 1872.[1] Following extensive refurbishment work the building was re-opened by the Duke of Connaught in May 1905.[2]
The Queen's Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade became the 4th and 5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Battalions, the Royal Scots in 1908.[1] The battalions were mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and then to the Western Front.[3] The 4th and 5th battalions amalgamated to form the 4th/5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, with its headquarters at the Forrest Hill drill hall in 1922.[4] In 1939 the battalion converted to manning searchlights and, in 1940, became an anti-aircraft regiment of the Royal Artillery.[4]
The drill hall was the home of the Edinburgh University Officers' Training Corps and its successors, the Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt Universities OTC and the City of Edinburgh Universities OTC, from 1957 until the Universities OTC moved to Duke of Edinburgh House in Colinton Road, Edinburgh in 1993.[5] The building was decommissioned and taken over by the University of Edinburgh in the mid-1990s. The building then became the location of the Department of Artificial Intelligence.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Edinburgh, 5 Forrest Hill, University Of Edinburgh, Department Of Artificial Intelligence". Canmore. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "5 Forrest Hill Road and 41 Forrest Road (Former Territorial Army Centre and University of Edinburgh, School of Artificial Intelligence), Edinburgh". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "The Royal Scots". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ a b "The Territorial Army". Royal Scots. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "City of Edinburgh Universities Officers' Training Corps". Lowland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2017.