Colliergate drill hall
{{Short description|Grade II listed building in York, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox military installation
| name = Colliergate drill hall
| image = File:Colliergate drill hall 2023.jpg
| caption = The building in 2023
| type = Drill hall
| map_type = North Yorkshire
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within North Yorkshire
| pushpin_label_position = top
| location = York
| coordinates = {{Coord|53.96032 |N| 1.07958 |W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| ownership =
| operator =
| built = 1872
| used = 1872-c.1960
| architect = Gould and Fisher
| built_for = War Office
| garrison =
}}
The Colliergate drill hall is a former military installation at the corner of Colliergate and St Andrewgate in York.
History
The building was designed as a house and then converted to an inn in the mid-18th century.{{cite web|url= http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101258004-number-28a-and-attached-drill-hall-guildhall-ward#.WY3DF2youUk|title= Number 28a and Attached Drill Hall|publisher=British listed buildings|access-date=11 August 2017}} It was altered for military use with the addition of a drill hall designed by Gould and Fisher as the headquarters of the 1st West Yorkshire (York) Rifle Volunteers in 1872.{{cite web|url=http://www.drillhalls.org/Counties/Yorkshire/TownYork.htm |title=York|publisher=The drill hall project|access-date=8 July 2017}} This unit evolved to become the 1st West Yorkshire (York) Rifle Volunteer Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1881 and the 5th Battalion The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1908.{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/014WYork.htm|title=The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)|publisher=Regiments.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104052258/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/014WYork.htm|access-date=8 July 2017|archive-date=2006-01-04}} The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.{{cite web|url= http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/the-prince-of-waless-own-west-yorkshire-regiment/|title= The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|access-date=8 July 2017}} Elements of the 5th Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment continued to use the drill hall until the battalion amalgamated with the 4th Battalion the East Yorkshire Regiment to form the 3rd Battalion the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1960.{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/search/10126147.display/|title=Drumming up TA memories|date=24 December 2012|publisher=York Press|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812021444/http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/search/10126147.display/|archive-date=12 August 2017|url-status=dead}} After the new battalion was established at Lumley Barracks in York,{{cite web|url=http://regiments.org:80/regiments/uk/volmil-england/vinf-no/y-pow-3.htm|title=3rd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire|publisher=Regiments.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227055708/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-england/vinf-no/y-pow-3.htm|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-date=2005-12-27|url-status=live}} the Colliergate drill hall was decommissioned and has since been converted for use as a hardware store.{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkstories.co.uk/york_walks-3/drill_hall.htm|title=York Walls|publisher=York Stories|access-date=11 August 2017}}