Stoughton Barracks

Stoughton Barracks
Guildford
Stoughton Barracks
Stoughton Barracks Location within Surrey
Coordinates	51°15′19″N 00°35′29″W / 51.25528°N 0.59139°W / 51.25528; -0.59139Coordinates: 51°15′19″N 00°35′29″W / 51.25528°N 0.59139°W / 51.25528; -0.59139
Type	Barracks
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	British Army
Site history
Built	1876
Built for	War Office
In use	1876-1983
Garrison information
Occupants	Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment

Stoughton Barracks was a military installation at Guildford in Surrey.

History

The barracks were built in the Fortress Gothic Revival Style as a depot for the 2nd Surrey Militia and completed in 1876.^[1] Following the Cardwell Reforms of 1881 the barracks became the depot of the Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment.^[1] The barracks were also used as an army recruiting centre during the First World War and as a reception and training centre for infantry recruits during the Second World War.^[1] In 1958 the barracks were used a location for the comedy film Carry On Sergeant.^[2] The barracks ceased to be a regimental depot in 1959 when the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was amalgamated with the East Surrey Regiment, although the keep was still used as a pay office and a record office until 1983 when it was sold to Countryside Properties.^[1] The building is now known as "Cardwell's Keep".^[3]

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