Armadale, High Academy Street, Drill Hall
Church (20th Century), Drill Hall (20th Century), Drill Hall (First World War)
Site Name Armadale, High Academy Street, Drill Hall
Classification Church (20th Century), Drill Hall (20th Century), Drill Hall (First World War)
Alternative Name(s) Roman Catholic Church Of The Sacred Heart And St Anthony
Canmore ID 213758
Site Number NS96NW 36
NGR NS 93642 68382
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/213758
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Bathgate
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
The drill hall in Armadale is marked on the 3rd epoch OS map of the area (surveyed 1913). What survives is a small hall with the long elevation parallel to the street. There are two dormers on the street and the rear elevation. The ground floor to the street is obscured by what are probably more recent flat-roofed extensions. A vehicle door has been slapped through the visible gable.
In 1914 the hall was base for "C" Company, 10th [Cyclist] Battalion, Royal Scots.
It was bought by the Roman Catholic church and was used as a church until 1974 when a new church on Wotherspoon Crescent opened.
The building has been shortened with the removal of the E end of the former drill hall after the publication of the 4th epoch OS 6-inch map.
Information from HS/RCAHMS World War One Audit Project (GJB) 28 October 2013.
NMRS NOTES:
Architect: Reginald Fairlie 1937.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
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.