Old Rifle Range (Burton Meadow) Apr 11

[Decender]

History is a little sketchy but this is what I have managed to find about this structure:

"A rifle club, newly-established in 1852, probably formed the nucleus of the Rifle Volunteer Corps set up in 1859. The marquess of Anglesey provided a shooting range at the north end of Burton meadow. When the volunteers were assigned to line regiments in 1883, Burton became the headquarters of a battalion of the Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment, later a Territorial Army unit. "

The scale of this thing is huge which you dont realise until you get right up to it. Also its remained graffiti and chav free as its pretty much out of range. Its not the best explore in the world but certainly worth a look if your in the area.

[KingElvis]

Maybe no the best to some but I'd like a look at that big old baby, very interesting indeed.

Thanks for posting that.

[Nicola]

Oh I quite liked that

[MJS]

Wow, that building is awesome! I'd love to get my hands on redesigning that!!

[ERNIE99_UK]

I like that , its a very menacing looking structure with all the buttresses and the iron cladding.

[j0nny]

Great, love buildings like this that are just strange to look at.

[scrappy]

great report, like the look of that building!

[SaltGeorge]

Thats really interesting, is it WW1 era?

Victorian, there were lots of rifle ranges around the country. Most market towns seemed to have one at this time. Not usually something as grand as this. Something to see.

[bagthathag]

What a cool building! So imposing.. I think I want to live there! It's great theres no chav damage too. As this is the worst kind of damage :P
Thanks for bringin this place to my attention. I've put it on the list