Military Headquarters Building | |
Location: | Steeles Road |
Location Town: | Aldershot |
Coordinates: | 51.2581°N -0.7609°W |
Architectural Style: | Victorian style |
Completion Date: | 1895 |
The Military Headquarters Building is a military office building in Aldershot, Hampshire. It is a Grade II listed building.
The foundation stone for the building was laid by General the Duke of Connaught, the General Officer Commanding Aldershot Command, on 28 March 1894.[1] The building, which was designed by Thomas Jerome in the Victorian style as the military headquarters for Aldershot Command, was built by Martin Wells & Co and completed in 1895.[2]
It subsequently went on to become the military headquarters for a succession of military formations: for Aldershot Area within South Eastern Command in February 1941, for Aldershot District within Southern Command in September 1944, for South-East District in 1967, for Southern District in 1992 and finally for 4th Division in 1995.[3] After 4th Division was disbanded in 2012, the building was briefly used by Regional Command until it moved to modern facilities at Montgomery House in May 2014.[1]
The Military Headquarters Building was refurbished by Millgrove Construction to provide a neighbourhood centre for the Wellesley Project,[4] a major residential development by Grainger plc, in 2016.[5] [6]