Norton Barracks

Norton Barracks
Norton, Worcestershire
Norton Barracks
Norton Barracks Location within Worcestershire
Coordinates	52°09′47″N 2°11′35″W / 52.163°N 2.193°W / 52.163; -2.193Coordinates: 52°09′47″N 2°11′35″W / 52.163°N 2.193°W / 52.163; -2.193
Type	Barracks
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Site history
Built	1874-1877
Built for	War Office
In use	1877-1987
Garrison information
Occupants	Worcestershire Regiment

Norton Barracks is a military installation in Norton, Worcestershire. The keep is a Grade II listed building.

History

The barracks were built in the Fortress Gothic Revival Style between 1874 and 1877 as the depot for the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot.^[1] These two regiments amalgamated in 1881 under the Childers Reforms as the Worcestershire Regiment in 1881.^[1] Many recruits were enlisted at the barracks during the early stages of the First World War.^[1] A Regimental Museum was established at the barracks in 1933 and the barracks continued to operate as a training facility during the Second World War.^[1]

In 1970 the Worcestershire Regiment amalgamated with the Sherwood Foresters to form the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment which established its depot at Battlesbury Barracks in Warminster. The Worcester Regiment Museum became part of the Worcester City Museum in 1970.^[2] At around the same time 14 Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) moved onto the site and remained there until they were disbanded in 1977.^[1]

In 1987 the keep was sold to property developers for conversion into apartments and the rest of the site was developed as a housing estate.^[1] The site remains the home of the Worcester Norton Shooting Club.^[3]

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