Bridge Street drill hall

The Bridge Street drill hall is a former military installation in Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Bridge Street drill hall
Macclesfield
Bridge Street drill hall
Site information
Type	Drill hall
Location
Bridge Street drill hall Location in Cheshire
Coordinates	53.26054°N 2.13150°W / 53.26054; -2.13150
Site history
Built	1871
Built for	War Office
In use	1871 – 1990

History

The building was designed as the headquarters of the 8th Cheshire Rifle Volunteers and opened in 1871.^[1] This unit evolved to become the 5th Volunteer Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment in 1883^[2] and the 7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment in 1908.^[3] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and ultimately to the Western Front.^[4] The battalion amalgamated with the 4th Battalion to form the 4th/7th Battalion in 1967.^[3] The presence at the drill hall was reduced to a single company, B Company, 3rd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, in 1988.^[5] B Company moved to new premises at Ypres Barracks in Chester Road in 1990^[6] and the Bridge Street drill hall was decommissioned and has since been converted into apartments.^[2]