Le Marchant Barracks

Le Marchant Barracks is a former military installation in Devizes in Wiltshire.

History
The barracks were built in the Fortress Gothic Revival style and named after Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant in 1878. Following the Cardwell Reforms of 1881 the barracks became the home of the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's).

During the First World War 5,000 soldiers were processed there and over 3,000 reservists were called up there. Between the Wars the barracks were the local infantry training centre and during the Second World War the barracks became a Prisoner of war camp. The barracks remained the home of the Wiltshire Regiment until 1959 after which time they were used as a secondary location by the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment until about 1967.

Part of the site was still used as a Territorial Army Centre for the 1st Battalion the Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers) after the main barracks closed. The keep was sold by the Ministry of Defence in the 1980s and was subsequently used as a warehouse. It was sold again in 2012 and converted for residential use in 2013.