Victoria Barracks, Ballater

Victoria Barracks is a military installation in Ballater, Scotland.

Victoria Barracks
Ballater
Victoria Barracks, Ballater
Victoria Barracks
Location within Aberdeenshire
Coordinates57.0494°N 3.0455°W / 57.0494; -3.0455
TypeBarracks
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator British Army
Site history
Built1850
Built forWar Office
In use1850-Present
Garrison information
OccupantsRoyal Regiment of Scotland

History

The barracks were built as temporary accommodation in 1850 to accommodate the Queen's Guard around the time that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert acquired Balmoral Castle.[1] A row of Elizabethan cottages were converted into permanent barracks in 1869 and some flat-roofed oriental-looking buildings were erected on the site in 1904.[2] Further modernisation, including the removal of some old huts, took place in 1969.[3] During the flooding caused by Storm Frank in late December 2015, families living in the worst affected parts of Ballater were evacuated to the barracks.[4] Currently, the barracks are used to house the Royal Regiment of Scotland's Royal Guard, when Queen Elizabeth II is in Balmoral Castle for three months each summer.[5]

References
  1. "Temporary Barrack at Ballater for the Queen's Guard of Honour". The Illustrated London News. 21 September 1850. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  2. "Victoria Barracks". Scottish Architects. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. "Victoria Barracks, Ballater (Modernisation)". Hansard. 14 May 1969. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. "Ballater counts the cost of Storm Frank". The Press and Journal. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. "Places of Interest - Ballater Community". Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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