The Old Barracks, Warwick

The Old Barracks is a former military installation in Barrack Road, Warwick, England. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]

The Old Barracks
Warwick
The Old Barracks
The Old Barracks
Location within Warwickshire
Coordinates52.2832°N 1.5897°W / 52.2832; -1.5897
TypeBarracks
Site history
Built1783
Built forWar Office
In use1860-1932
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated10 January 1953
Reference no.1364827

History

The building was designed by Thomas Johnson in the Greek Doric style as the local prison and completed in 1783.[1] It was extended and modified by Henry Couchman in 1793.[1] After the prison moved to Cape Road in 1860, the building was converted into barracks for the 1st Warwickshire Militia Regiment in 1860.[2] Immediately prior to the First World War, the divisional headquarters of the South Midland Division was located in the building.[3] It was then used as an army record office.[2] It was decommissioned in 1930 and subsequently integrated into the Shire Hall complex when the complex was extended in 1932.[1]

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