3-008-349 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Stockport Volunteer Armoury and Drillground, 1862. Building '...just completed for the fourth battalion of the Cheshire Rifle Volunteers...The buildings consist of three distinct departments: The armoury buildings, in which are contained, on the ground floor, the armoury, of size sufficient for 1000 stand of arms, and the Adjutant's private room and office; on the first floor a room for the officers and another for the men, and on the second floor a room for band practice...from the upper stage, in consequence of the elevated situation of the ground, will be commanded an extensive prospect on all sides. In the basement of the tower will be a cellar for heating apparatus, coal, &c...Partly from the requirements of the plan, and partly for the sake of effect, this building is arranged in the form, of a square tower, with high pyramidal roof...The roofs of all the buildings are covered with. Staffordshire tiles. Adjoining the Sergeant-Major's residence is the main, and indeed the only, entrance to the drillground. The Marquis of Westminster, the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, is one of the shareholders, and has taken great interest in the erection'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.