Strand Road drill hall, Carlisle
{{Short description|Arts centre in Carlisle, Cumbria, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
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|image=The former Drill Hall, frontage on Strand Road, Carlisle - geograph.org.uk - 4158621.jpg
|caption =Strand Road drill hall
|type = Drill hall
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Cumbria
|location = Carlisle
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|built =1873–1874
|used=1874–Present
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|built_for = War Office
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The Strand Road drill hall is an arts center and former military installation in Carlisle, Cumbria.
History
The building was designed as the headquarters of Carlisle Rifle Volunteers on land granted by the Duke of Devonshire{{cite web|url= http://test.cnmedia.co.uk/war-office-fought-for-control-of-carlisle-drill-hall-1.784415|title= War Office fought for control of Carlisle Drill Hall|date=26 November 2010|publisher=CN Media|accessdate=1 September 2017}} and was built between 1873 and 1874.{{cite web|url= http://www.drillhalls.org/Counties/Cumbria/TownCarlisle.htm |title=Carlisle|publisher=The Drill Hall Project|accessdate=1 September 2017}} This unit evolved to become the 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Border Regiment in 1883 and the 4th (Cumberland and Westmorland) Battalion, The Border Regiment in 1908.{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/034Bordr.htm|title=The Border Regiment|publisher=Regiments.org|accessdate=1 September 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227212001/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/034Bordr.htm|archivedate=27 February 2007|df=dmy-all}} The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to India.{{cite web|url= http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/border-regiment/ |title=The Border Regiment|publisher=The Long, Long trail|accessdate=1 September 2017}}{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ImW-BAAAQBAJ&q=4th+%28Cumberland+and+Westmorland%29+Battalion+the+Border+Regiment+headquarters&pg=PA1209 |title=The Army List 1914|date=11 February 2013|publisher=The War Office|isbn=9781781503850|accessdate=1 September 2017}} The building went on to serve as the head office of the East Cumberland National Shell Factory in September 1915.{{PastScape|mnumber=1572916|mname= East Cumberland National Shell Factory|accessdate=1 September 2017}} After the battalion headquarters moved to the Queen Katherine Street drill hall in Kendal, the Strand Road drill hall was decommissioned and then stood vacant for many years before being converted and extended for use as the home of the Carlisle College Digital and Creative Arts Centre which opened at its new premises in September 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.ericwright.co.uk/app/uploads/Site%20Newsletters/2014/Carlisle%20College%20April%20Newsletter%20No%203.pdf|title=Site Newsletter|publisher=Carlisle College Digital and Creative Arts Centre|date=1 May 2014|accessdate=1 September 2017}}