The original drill hall on the site, which was designed by Charles Herbert Shoppee as the headquarters of the 1st Middlesex (Victoria and St George's) Volunteer Rifle Corps, was built by E. Lawrance and Sons and completed in December 1890.

[2] The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to the Western Front.

[2] On 30 November 1940, during the Second World War, the building was badly damaged by a bomb.

[4] It was agreed to rebuild the hall to a design by Trenwith Wills and it was rebuilt by James Miller and Partners between 1950 and 1952.

[2] F Company transferred to the London Regiment and moved to the Hammersmith Road drill hall in 2017.