Yeomanry House | |
Type: | Military headquarters |
Map Type: | Berkshire |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Berkshire |
Location: | Reading, Berkshire |
Built: | Early 19th century |
Used: | Early 19th century-Present |
Yeomanry House is a former military installation in Reading, Berkshire. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]
The house, which was originally known as Castle Hill House, was built in the early 19th century.[1] It became the headquarters of the Berkshire Yeomanry in around 1906.[2] A riding school was built on the site around the same time and evolved to become a drill hall.[2] The regiment was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and, ultimately, to the Western Front.[3] After the war the presence at the drill hall was maintained by 395 (Berkshire Yeomanry) Battery Royal Artillery.[4]
In the 1930s, the divisional ordnance unit for 48th (South Midland) Division was based at the drill hall.[5] Following the defence cuts of 1967, the drill hall was decommissioned.[2] It was demolished in 1995[6] and that part of the site became the Berkshire Record Office in 2000.[2]