Old Market Street drill hall, Bristol

The Old Market Street drill hall is a former military installation in the Old Market district of Bristol.

History
The building, which is located on the site of a former sugar warehouse and refinery, was financed by George and Henry Wills as part of arrangements to provide alternative accommodation for organisations displaced by the construction of the Wills Memorial Building. The new drill hall was designed as the headquarters of the 4th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment, who had relocated from the Queen's Road drill hall in Clifton (since demolished), in June 1915.

The 4th Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment was disbanded in 1940 and the drill hall was used instead to accommodate US Army troops who created some adverse publicity for themselves when they became involved in a serious brawl in the street outside the drill hall in July 1944 during the Second World War. After the war the drill hall was decommissioned and fell into disrepair; it has since been converted for residential use.