Yeomanry House, Buckingham

Yeomanry House is a former military headquarters in Buckingham. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

For other buildings known as Yeomanry House, see Yeomanry House.
Yeomanry House
Buckingham
Yeomanry House (on the right in dull pink render), adjoined by the Masonic Hall (on the left in red brick)
Yeomanry House
Buckinghamshire
Coordinates51.99607°N 0.99133°W / 51.99607; -0.99133
TypeMilitary headquarters
Site history
BuiltEarly 19th century
In useEarly 19th century-Present

History

The building, which has a dull pink render, was built in the early 19th century as the offices and home of the commanding officer of the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry.[1] Adjacent is a red brick building, built in 1787, which provided stabling and messing facilities for the officers of the regiment until the 20th century, when it became a masonic hall.[2] The men of the regiment were accommodated at a depot and storehouse in West Street which was completed in 1802.[3] The regiment was mobilised in Buckingham in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and, ultimately, to the Western Front.[4]

After the First World War the regimental headquarters moved to Aylesbury[5] and, by the 1960s, the Hunter Street area became very dilapidated.[6] Yeomanry House was acquired by the University College at Buckingham in 1974[6] and, following extensive refurbishment work in the early 1980s,[7] now serves as the main reception building[8] and registered office of the University of Buckingham.[9]

References
  1. "Yeomanry Hall and Attached Building Bordering Yard to South yeomanry House". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  2. "Buckingham". Bucks Provincial Grand Lodge. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. "Buckingham". Forebears. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. "Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars)". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  5. Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars) at regiments.org by T.F.Mills at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 June 2007)
  6. "The University in our midst" (PDF). Buckingham Town Matters. p. 6. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  7. "History of the campus buildings". University of Buckingham. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  8. "Hunter Street Campus" (PDF). University of Buckingham. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  9. "University of Buckingham". Higher Education Funding Council for England. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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