Loreburn Hall

The Loreburn Hall is a military installation in Dumfries, Scotland.

Loreburn Hall
Dumfries, Scotland
Loreburn Hall
Loreburn Hall
Location in Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates55.07021°N 3.60789°W / 55.07021; -3.60789
TypeDrill hall
Site history
Built1890
Built forWar Office
ArchitectAlan Burgess Crombie
In use1890 - 1961

History

The building was designed by Alan Burgess Crombie as the headquarters of the 3rd (Dumfries) Volunteer Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers and completed in 1890.[1] This unit evolved to become the 5th Battalion, the King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1908.[1] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and then to the Western Front.[2]

The 4th and 5th battalions amalgamated to form the 4th/5th Battalion, with its headquarters at the Paton Street drill hall in Galashiels in 1961.[3] Loreburn Hall then became surplus to requirements and ownership was transferred to Dumfries Council in 1968.[4]

The Council used the drill hall as a venue for concerts by performers such as Black Sabbath[5] and Big Country[6] and for sporting events such as wrestling.[7] In 2014 the drill hall was given a new lease of life as a temporary gym and sports facility when the newly built DG One Leisure Centre [8] was found to be so full of building defects it had to be closed for a major rebuilding program.[9]

References
  1. "Dumfries, Newall Terrace, Loreburn Hall Including Ornamental Lions". Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. "King's Own Scottish Borderers". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  3. "4th/5th Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. "Lions at Loreburn Hall, 43 Newall Terrace, Dumfries". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. "1970 Tour". Black-sabbath.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  6. "Big County: gigs". Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "wZw Present The 'Destruction Tour'". Wrestling101.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  8. Rinaldi, Giancarlo (9 July 2017). "The leisure centre dream that crumbled". Retrieved 29 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. "About the hall". Loreburn Hall. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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