Bethel Street drill hall
Grade II* listed former military installation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bethel Street drill hall office is a former military installation in Norwich, Norfolk. It is a Grade II* listed building.
| Bethel Street drill hall office | |
|---|---|
| Norwich, Norfolk | |
 The frontage of the Bethel Street drill hall office (with the green windows); the former skating rink, yellow building next door would have been suitably large enough to be used as a drill hall. | |
  Bethel Street drill hall office Location in Norfolk | |
| Coordinates | 52.62846°N 1.28939°E |
| Type | Drill hall |
| Site history | |
| Built | c.1895 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | c.1895 – 1920 |
No. 48 has a small 15th century undercroft. The existing brick building (mock Tudor rendering) was completed in the late 19th century.[1] The original home of the Ancient Order of Foresters, it became the headquarters of the 2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps[2] and, probably, of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Norfolk Regiment as well around that time.[3] The 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Norfolk Regiment, whose address was in St Giles (currently the home of the Salvation Army),[4] evolved to become the 4th Battalion, the Norfolk Regiment in 1908.[3] The battalion was mobilised at St Giles[4] before being deployed to Gallipoli and then to Egypt and Palestine.[5] The battalion then moved to the Chapel Field Road drill hall (since demolished) later in the war.[3] The Bethel Street properties were subsequently decommissioned. The building became a bible printers (Goose Press), and then Modern Press. The premises are now owned by a Climate change education charity, the Greenhouse Trust.[6]
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