Princes Street drill hall, Stirling
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{{Infobox military installation
|name= Princes Street drill hall
|image=Former Drill Hall, Princes Street, Stirling - geograph.org.uk - 4053199.jpg
|caption = Princes Street drill hall, Stirling
|type = Drill hall
|map_type =Scotland Stirling
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within Stirling
|coordinates = {{Coord| 56.12127|N|3.94039 |W|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|ownership =
|operator =
|built = 1892
|used=1892-1990s
|architect =
|built_for =War Office
|garrison =
}}
The Princes Street drill hall is a former military installation in Stirling, Scotland.
History
The building was designed as the headquarters of the 4th (Stirlingshire) Volunteer Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) and was completed in 1892.{{cite web|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/221329/stirling-princes-street-drill-hall|title= Stirling, Princes Street, Drill Hall|publisher=Canmore|accessdate=27 June 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://www.stirling.gov.uk/__documents/planning/future-development/site-specific-development/argyll-centre-updated-brief.pdf|title=Argyll Centre, Princes Street, Stirling|publisher=Stirling Council|accessdate=27 June 2017}} This unit evolved into the 7th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) in 1908.{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vinf/ash-7.htm|title=7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders|publisher=Regiments.org|accessdate=27 June 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051230133951/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vinf/ash-7.htm|archivedate=30 December 2005}} 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/princess-louises-argyll-sutherland-highlanders/ |title= Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |publisher=The Long, Long Trail|accessdate=31 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theargylls.co.uk/battalionsww1.php|title= Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Battalions during WW1|publisher=The Argylls|accessdate=27 June 2017}}
The 7th Battalion amalgamated with the 8th Battalion to form the 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) in Stirling in 1967.{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vinf/ash-78.htm|title=7th/8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders|publisher=Regiments.org|accessdate=27 June 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060109075105/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-scotland/vinf/ash-78.htm|archivedate=9 January 2006}} The battalion subsequently moved to the Meadowforth Road Army Reserve Centre and the Princes Street drill hall was converted for residential use.{{cite web|url= http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/proposal-transform-historic-building-flats-4399813|title= Proposal to transform historic building into flats|publisher=Daily Record|date=8 October 2014|accessdate=27 June 2017}}