Yeomanry House, Buckingham Explained

Yeomanry House
Type:	Military headquarters
Map Type:	Buckinghamshire
Pushpin Map Caption:	Buckinghamshire
Location:	Buckingham
Built:	Early 19th century
Used:	Early 19th century-Present

Yeomanry House is a former military headquarters in Buckingham. It is a Grade II listed building.^[1]

History

The building, which has a dull pink render, was built in the early 19th century as the offices and home of the commanding officer of the Buckinghamshire Yeomanry.^[1] The men of the regiment were accommodated at a depot and storehouse in West Street which was completed in 1802.^[2] The regiment was mobilised in Buckingham in August 1914 before being deployed to Gallipoli and, ultimately, to the Western Front.^[3]

After the First World War the regimental headquarters moved to Aylesbury and, by the 1960s, the Hunter Street area became very dilapidated.^[4] Yeomanry House was acquired by the University College at Buckingham in 1974^[4] and, following extensive refurbishment work in the early 1980s,^[5] now serves as the main reception building^[6] and registered office of the University of Buckingham.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yeomanry Hall and Attached Building Bordering Yard to South yeomanry House. British Listed Buildings. 2 December 2017.
2. Web site: Buckingham. Forebears. 2 December 2017.
3. Web site: Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars). The Long, Long Trail. 2 December 2017.
4. Web site: The University in our midst. Buckingham Town Matters. 6. 2 December 2017.
5. Web site: History of the campus buildings. University of Buckingham. 2 December 2017.
6. Web site: Hunter Street Campus. University of Buckingham. 2 December 2017.
7. Web site: University of Buckingham. Higher Education Funding Council for England. 2 December 2017.