The Old Barracks | |
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Warwick | |
![]() The Old Barracks | |
Site information | |
Type | Barracks |
Location | |
Coordinates | 52°17′00″N1°35′23″W / 52.2832°N 1.5897°W |
Site history | |
Built | 1783 |
Built for | War Office |
In use | 1860-1932 |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 10 January 1953 |
Reference no. | 1364827 |
The Old Barracks is a former military installation in Barrack Road, Warwick, England. It is a Grade I listed building. [1]
The building was designed by Thomas Johnson in the Greek Doric style as the local prison and completed in 1783. [1] It was extended and modified by Henry Couchman in 1793. [1] After the prison moved to Cape Road in 1860, the building was converted into barracks for the 1st Warwickshire Militia Regiment in 1860. [2] Immediately prior to the First World War, the divisional headquarters of the South Midland Division was located in the building. [3] It was then used as an army record office. [2] It was decommissioned in 1930 and subsequently integrated into the Shire Hall complex when the complex was extended in 1932. [1]