The barracks, which were built about half a mile south of Fort Burgoyne, were completed in July 1913.

[1] During the First World War the barracks were used for the assembly of large quantities of men and supplies ready for shipment across the channel to the Western Front.

[2] A major project to rebuild the barracks, which took two years to complete and was undertaken by C Jenner & Sons Ltd, was finished in 1962.

[3] The Queen's Lancashire Regiment was formed at the barracks in March 1970.

[7] Plans to use the barracks as an open prison[8] were dropped in November 2006[9] and the site is now being redeveloped for housing.