The Old Barracks is a former military installation in Sandon Road,

Grantham Grantham () is a market town and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road. It lies south of Lincoln, England ...

. It is a Grade II

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History

The old barracks in

were designed for the South Lincoln

Militia A militia ( ) is a military or paramilitary force that comprises civilian members, as opposed to a professional standing army of regular, full-time military personnel. Militias may be raised in times of need to support regular troops or se ...

and completed in 1858. The design work was probably carried out by Henry Goddard. The South Lincoln Militia evolved to become the 4th (Special Reserve) Battalion, the

Lincolnshire Regiment The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army raised on 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel, John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath. In 1751, it was numbered like most other Army regim ...

in 1881. After the 4th (Special Reserve) Battalion was disbanded in 1908, the barracks were occupied by B Company, 4th Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment (

Territorial Force The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription. The new organisation consolidated the 19th-century Volunteer Force and yeomanry in ...

). In 1901, the barracks also became the home of A Squadron, the

Lincolnshire Yeomanry The Lincolnshire Yeomanry was a volunteer cavalry unit of the British Army formed in 1794. It saw action in the Second Boer War and the First World War before being disbanded in 1920. History Formation and early history In 1793, the prime ministe ...

. The squadron was mobilised at the old barracks in August 1914 before being deployed to

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in 1915. The building was used as an Auxiliary Military Hospital during the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

was used by the yeomanry squadron again after the war until the squadron was disbanded in 1920. After the 4th Battalion, the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment amalgamated with the 6th Battalion to form 4th/6th Battalion, The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment in 1950, the building was decommissioned and taken out of military use. It was used by local bands during the 1960s and 1970s and by

Grantham College Grantham College is a further education and Sixth Form college in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. History Elsham House built in the 1860s, by William Hornsby (born 25 December 1838), the third son of Richard Hornsby; previously he had lived o ...

in the 1980s before being converted into offices at the end of that decade.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Old Barracks Grantham Drill halls in England Grade II listed buildings in Lincolnshire Buildings and structures in Grantham