The Old Barracks, Newcastle-under-Lyme

The Old Barracks
The Old Barracks
Newcastle-under-Lyme
	The Old Barracks
	The Old Barracks Location within Staffordshire
Coordinates	53°00′36″N 2°13′26″W / 53.0099°N 2.2240°W
Type	Barracks
Site history
Built	1855
Built for	War Office
In use	1855-1950s
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated	27 September 1972
Reference no.	1291465

The Old Barracks is a former military installation in Barrack Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. It is a Grade II listed building.^[1]

History

The building was designed in the Italianate style as a barracks for the North Staffordshire Militia and completed in 1855.^[1] It was initially used by G Company of the 2nd Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps^[2] which evolved to become The King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifles Militia before being renamed the 4th (Militia) Battalion in 1881.^[3] The building was acquired by Major W. H. Dalton, of the Staffordshire Rangers, and placed in trust for military use in 1882.^[4] The unit evolved to become G Company of the 5th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1908.^[5] The building continued to be used by Territorial Army units until after the Second World War; since the 1950s the building has been used by Remploy as workshops for disabled people.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Historic England. "The Barracks Workshops (1291465)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Newcastle under Lyme". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "The King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifles". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 2007-11-28. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b Jenkins, J G (1963). "'Newcastle-under-Lyme: Buildings and castle', in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8". London: British History Online. pp. 8–15. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^ Westlake, Ray (2011). The Territorials, 1908–1914: A Guide for Military and Family Historians. Pen & Sword. ISBN 978-1848843608.

[nhle-1] Historic England. "The Barracks Workshops (1291465)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[2] "Newcastle under Lyme". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[3] "The King's Own (3rd Staffordshire) Rifles". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 2007-11-28. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

[bho-4] Jenkins, J G (1963). "'Newcastle-under-Lyme: Buildings and castle', in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8". London: British History Online. pp. 8–15. Retrieved 25 June 2020.

[5] Westlake, Ray (2011). The Territorials, 1908–1914: A Guide for Military and Family Historians. Pen & Sword. ISBN 978-1848843608.

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