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Drill Hall


Drill Hall at Northumbria University is located on Northumberland Road. It was originally built as the Army Riding School in 1849, by John Dobson, for the Northumberland Yeomanry (Hussars). Drill Hall is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England. The building was later used as the City of Newcastle Employees Club, before becoming part of Northumbria University.[1]

The Army Riding School is a military installation in Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne.

History

The facility was designed by John Dobson and built to serve as a riding school for the Northumberland and Newcastle Volunteer Corps of Cavalry in 1849. The regiment was renamed the Northumberland (Hussars) Yeomanry Cavalry in 1876 and the Northumberland Yeomanry in 1908. The regiment was mobilised at the riding school in September 1916 before landing at Zeebrugge for service on the Western Front. The riding school was used as an operational headquarters during the Miners strike in early 1921 and continued to be used by the regiment as its regimental headquarters until the Second World War.

Meanwhile the 6th Battalion the Northumberland Fusiliers moved from the St Mary's Place drill hall in Newcastle upon Tyne (since demolished) to the Army Riding School, referred to by the Northumberland Fusiliers as "St George's drill hall", in 1908. The 6th Battalion then moved to the Church Street drill hall in Walker (since demolished) in 1920.

The Northumberland Yeomanry re-occupied the riding school in 1946 in its new capacity as the 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Reconnaissance Regiment. However, the regimental headquarters and 'A' Squadron moved to Debden Gardens in Heaton in 1954. Instead, the riding school became known as the Yeomanry Drill Hall and, in that capacity, served as a drill hall for the Northumbrian Universities Officers' Training Corps in the 1960s. After the Officers' Training Corps moved to St George's Army Reserve Centre in Jesmond in the 1975, the building was decommissioned and became the City of Newcastle Employers Club. The building is now occupied by Northumbria University which uses it as an information technology centre and as a lecture theatre facility for its Law School. It is a Grade II Listed building.

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Tyne and Wear HER(6251): Newcastle, Northumberland Road, Army Riding School
- "Army riding school for the Northumberland Yeomanry, later City of Newcastle Employees Club, 1849. Attributed to John Dobson. English garden wall bond brick with ashlar plinth and dressings; Welsh slate …

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CITY OF NEWCASTLE EMPLOYEES CLUB - List entry
- "Army, riding school; now club. 1849, attributed to John Dobson, for the Northumberland Yeomanry. English garden wall bond brick with ashlar plinth and dressings; Welsh slate roof with stone gable …

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List number: 1106254
List grade: 2
Tyne & Wear HER: 6251
Borough: Newcastle
Grid ref: NZ2505164756

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