The Shrubbery, Kidderminster

The Shrubbery is a former military installation in Kidderminster, Worcestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.[1]

The Shrubbery
Kidderminster
The Shrubbery
The Shrubbery is located in Worcestershire
The Shrubbery
The Shrubbery
Location in Worcestershire
Coordinates52.39119°N 2.23632°W / 52.39119; -2.23632
TypeDrill hall
Site history
BuiltLate 19th century
Built forWar Office
In useLate 19th century – 1994

History

The building is an early 19th-century mansion which was owned by the Lea family in the first half of that century.[2][3] It then passed into the hands of a Major Winnington in the second half of the century.[4] It was converted around the end of the century for use as the headquarters of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.[5] This unit evolved to become the 7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment in 1908.[6] The battalion was mobilised at the mansion in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.[7][8] The battalion was also based at the mansion at the start of the Second World War.[9]

The battalion was reduced to a single company, B Company (Worcestershire), The Mercian Volunteers, in 1967.[10] The company evolved to become A Company, 5th Battalion, The Light Infantry (Volunteers) in 1992 and A (Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment) Company, 5th Battalion, The (Shropshire and Herefordshire) Light Infantry (Volunteers) in 1993.[10] The Ministry of Defence decided to move the unit to a more modern adjacent building in October 1994.[11] The mansion was subsequently decommissioned and, in February 1998, it was converted into a nursing home.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. "The Shrubbery at the Drill Hall". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. Cary, John (1928). "Cary's New Itinerary: Or, An Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, Both Direct and Cross England and Wales". G & J Cary. p. 263.
  3. "Assignments of land and plant in West Bromwich 1824-1834". Sandwell Community History and Archives Service. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. Noake's Guide to Worcestershire. Longman & Co. 1868. p. 323.
  5. "Kidderminster". The Drill Hall Project. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  6. "The Worcestershire Regiment [UK]". Archived from the original on 3 January 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  7. "Worcestershire Regiment". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  8. Philips, Julie (2016). Kidderminster in the Great War. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-47382-813-1.
  9. "Army List 1937". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  10. "7th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 27 December 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. "Court Circular". The Independent. 14 October 1994. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  12. "Shrubbery Nursing Home". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  13. "The Shrubbery nursing Home" (PDF). Extra Care Housing. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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