The Building · As it stands today

Drill Hall Today

The Lymington Drill Hall has served generations of local people. Behind its familiar red doors lies a remarkable building with a rich maritime and community history.

These photographs capture the Drill Hall as it stands today — its distinctive architecture, generous spaces, surviving historic features and the restoration challenges ahead.

Our ambition is to preserve its character while creating a vibrant new future for the community.

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Wide view of the main drill hall interior with steel roof trusses, high windows, regimental flags and the entrance at the far end — The main drill hall, as it stands today

View across the main hall from the upper level towards the tall arched windows — The main hall from the upper level

Room with a herringbone parquet floor, brick fireplace, whiteboard and a wall map of the local area — The parquet-floored room and its original fireplace

Kitchen with white cupboards, sink, water boiler and hand-wash notices — The kitchen area

Dark wooden workbench beside an antique red safe against a white painted brick wall — A surviving workbench and safe

Wall-mounted electrical distribution boards, trunking and pipework in a lower room — Building services awaiting renewal

Long indoor range with red-painted walls and wooden firing-point benches numbered one to three — The 25-yard indoor range

Rear courtyard between brick elevations, with an open wooden door and a large white-framed window — The courtyard and rear elevation

Small room with a damaged ceiling and mould, furnished with chairs, desks and a blue table — One of the rooms where restoration work is needed

The Drill Hall's Bath Road frontage: white-painted gable, arched window and red entrance doors beneath a blue sky — The familiar red doors from Bath Road

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