The building was designed by Thomas Duncan Rhind in the free
Renaissance style as the headquarters of the
9th (Highlanders) Battalion the
Royal Scots and completed in 1912. The battalion was mobilised at the drill hall in August 1914 before being deployed to
Western Front. The battalion amalgamated with the 7th Battalion to become the 7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots, with its headquarters at the
Dalmeny Street drill hall but with elements at the East Claremont Street drill hall, in 1922. The 7th/9th Battalion and the 8th Battalion amalgamated to form the 8th/9th Battalion, still at the Dalmeny Street drill hall but with representation at the East Claremont Street drill hall, in 1961. After the Dalmeny Street drill hall was decommissioned in the late 1990s, this unit, in its new designation as A (Royal Scots) Company, 52nd Lowland Regiment, became based at the East Claremont Street drill hall in 1999. ==References==