Building record TQ 55 SW 299 - Army Cadet Drill Hall, Argyle Road, Sevenoaks

The drill hall was built in 1898 in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and was used by the 1st Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment. In the Second World War it was used as a drill hall for the Home Guard and subsequently for the Kent Army Cadet force and the ATC (Air Training Corps). It has also been a venue for dramatic productions, musicals and used as an auction room. It is a single story hall made of red brick, many individually made and built in English bond , in contrast to the stretcher bond of the attached two storey house. It has (? asbestos tiled) hipped roof. The front has no windows but is divided into three arched and recessed bays with contrasting keystones. Each is framed by raised rustic pilasters, and dentilled cornices, with double doors in the centre arch. No 20 Argyle road is attached to the drill hall and was built in 1898 to accommodate the Sergeant instructor. Two storey red brick (stretcher bond) with a slate roofed canted bay to the left, a wide centre archway leading through to the rear, and three further windows on each floor to the right, plus one above the archway. Replacement windows. (1)

<1> Sevenoaks District Council, Sevenoaks District Council Local List of Heritage Assets (Index). SKE53505.