Higher Barracks, Exeter

Higher Barracks is a former military installation on Howell Road, Exeter.

History
The barracks were built as part of the British response to the threat of the French Revolution and were completed in 1794. During the First World War the barracks served as a military hospital and during the Second World War they became the base for the United States 500th Medical Collecting Company preparing for the Normandy landings. The Royal Army Pay Corps moved into the barracks in 1987. The Corps remained there until they were amalgamated with our units to form the Adjutant General's Corps and the barracks closed in 1992. The site was redeveloped for housing by Barratt Developments in 1998.