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Barrack Road, GUILDFORD, GU2 9RU

This is the keep of Stoughton Barracks, built in 1876 as part of the army reforms carried out by Edward Cardwell, Gladstone's Secretary of State for War between 1870 and 1874, hence its nickname of Cardwell's Keep. Cardwell decided that each army regiment should be associated with a locality and Guildford was chosen as the headquarters of the 2nd Regiment of Foot – ‘The Queens’, one of the founding regiments of the British Army. In 1881 it became the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment. In 1959, when it amalgamated with the East Surreys to become the Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment, it left Stoughton. The Barracks then became a Regional Control Centre until the MOD moved out in 1983. It then remained derelict until being converted to residential use in 2000.

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On the wall beside the former gateway into Stoughton Barracks is this metal plaque with its relief model lamb and flag. The barracks has since been converted to flats. http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/1661to1966/depots_g/depots_g.html

Cardwell's Keep from the south-east with the gates to the former Stoughton Barracks. Named after Sir Edward Cardwell, Gladstone's Secretary for War who put forward the policy that each county town should have a regiment associated with it, in this case the Queen's Royal 2nd Regiment of Foot, later renamed the Queen's Royal (West Surrey) regiment. The barracks were completed in 1876 under the supervision of Lieutenant Elliott Wood. The keep is built to the same design as one in Reading. Behind the keep is an open square, formerly the parade ground surrounded by the barrack housing. Both the keep and the housing have been converted to private dwellings. The actor Michael Caine will be familiar with this building as it was here that he trained before going to the Korean War.

Victorian brick barracks block, built to house the local regiment. It was converted into flats in about 2000. http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/1661to1966/depots_g/depots_g.html

Cardwell's Keep on Stoughton Road from the south-west. A fine example of Victorian military architecture it is now used as private dwellings.

Ornamental brick gateway, carrying insignia VR and date 1876. This led into Stoughton Barracks, built to house the Queen's (Second) Royal Regiment. About 2000, the Keep was redeveloped as flats. http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/1661to1966/depots_g/depots_g.html