Erskine Barracks
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British Army| Erskine Barracks | |
|---|---|
| Fugglestone St Peter | |
 Erskine Barracks undergoing demolition | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Barracks |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator | British Army |
| Location | |
  Erskine Barracks Location within Wiltshire | |
| Coordinates | 51°5′13″N 01°51′5″W / 51.08694°N 1.85139°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1949 |
| Built for | War Office |
| In use | 1949-2010 |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | Headquarters Land Forces |
Erskine Barracks was a military installation at Fugglestone St Peter, in Wilton parish some 2+3⁄4 miles (4 km) northwest of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.
The site, which had been farmland[1] until used for temporary army buildings during World War II, was acquired by the British Army for use as a headquarters for Southern Command in 1949.[1] The establishment was centred on Fugglestone Farmhouse[1] and an Ordnance Survey map of 1958 labels it as Fugglestone Camp.[2]
The barracks were later named after General Sir George Erskine,[3] who had been GOC Southern Command from 1955 until his retirement in 1958.[4] The site went on to become in 1968 the headquarters of Army Strategic Command, which was renamed UK Land Forces in 1972 and Land Command in 1995. On 1 April 2008 Land Command amalgamated with Headquarters Adjutant General under 'Project Hyperion' and became Land Forces.[5] Land Forces moved from Erskine Barracks to the former RAF Andover site now known as Marlborough Lines on 23 June 2010,[6] and the site became vacant.
At time, that the site covered 9.6 hectares to the north of the railway line and 3.8 hectares (less fully developed) to the south.[1] The former farmhouse had been demolished by 1968 and all standing structures were from 1950 or later.[1] In 2014 the headquarters building was described as "an impressive example of brutal modernism".[1]