Drill Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Military building. 2 related planning applications.
Drill Hall
- WRENN ID
- gilded-cornice-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Military building
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Drill Hall, built in 1886 by Laurence Booth, serves as the Territorial Army Drill Hall and Offices for the 1st Battalion Lancashire Volunteers, C Company. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble and has a roughly rectangular plan in a medieval style. The building features three storeys with three wide bays and a square four-storey tower on the left end.
Architectural details include a sill-band at the ground floor, bands on both upper floors, a corbel table, and an embattled parapet with a small square turret at the right corner. The tower has a tall octagonal chimney at the inner corner and shorter square chimneys flanking the centre. The central bay contains a segmental-headed entrance archway and a three-light window on the first floor with a transom and arched lights under a segmental arch. Corbelled tourelles rise from this level and are finished as chimneys. The second floor has five narrow slit-windows, and a raised parapet is inscribed with the words "ALWAYS READY."
The outer bays feature arcaded round-headed windows on the ground floor and transomed arched windows on the first floor, including an eight-light oriel at the right-hand end with a frieze of blank shields above the lights. The second floor has slit windows similar to those in the centre. The tower includes three slit windows on the ground floor, two on the first floor, and two similar windows flanking a small triangular oriel on the second floor. The third floor has an arcaded three-light window with sashed lights, shafts, and two-centred arches, while the left side displays more regular fenestration and a brick continuation. The interior has not been inspected.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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