Winston Barracks Winston Barracks was a British Army base , located east of Lanark , Scotland . It was situated in the fork of the A73 and A70 trunk roads , close to Lanark Racecourse . The site occupied a total of and incorporated barrack blocks , officers ' quarters , non - commissioned officers ' quarters , stores , boiler houses , medical block , gymnasium , assault course , and firing and rifle ranges . The site was decommissioned in 1994 , and some of the buildings have been renovated as part of a housing development . History . Winston Barracks was built in the 1930s to accommodate the Depot of the Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ) , whose previous deopt at Hamilton was becoming inadequate . The buildings were designed to " embody all the latest devices of permanent construction " . and the cost was estimated to be in the region of £150 , 000 . The buildings were mainly in Neo - Georgian style , the most prominent being the main H - shaped barrack block on the north side of the parade ground . Most of the buildings were constructed between 1935 and 1939 with completion of the complex in 1940 , as attested by the dates on the rain water hoppers found high on the south elevation of the main barrack block . In 1939 , with the Regiment about to move to its new accommodation , the Second World War broke out . Instead of housing the Cameronians , 26 Primary Training Centre was established at Winston Barracks . The nearby racecourse was utilised during the war as a training area , for overflow camp accommodation and for practice trench - digging . After the war , the Cameronians took up residence in 1947 , alongside various training units . From 1961 the Barracks were shared by the Royal Highland Fusiliers and the Cameronians . Both regiments moved to the Lowland Brigade Depot at Glencorse Barracks , Edinburgh , when it opened in 1964 . The 52nd Lowland Division took over the barracks until it closed in 1967 . The married quarters were still in use in the early 70s , accommodating the families of soldiers stationed in Ritchie Camp . At around the time ( c . 1960 ) that RAF Kirknewton housed an American signals intelligence unit , Winston Barracks was known as RAF Lanark . Winston Barracks , like Ritchie Camp , the barracks adjoining RAF Kirknewton , was earmarked during the Cold War as an emergency 1 , 000 - bed hospital for the US Navy . Responding to a Commons Written Question on 26 February 1987 , the Secretary of State for Defence stated that " We have recently agreed in principle to make these sites ( Winston camp , Lanark , and Ritchie camp , Kirknewton ) available to the United States forces for use as peacetime medical storage facilities and as hospitals which would be activated in the event of war . " It was handed back by the US to the UK on 3 December 1991 . Redevelopment . In 1994 , the Ministry of Defence relinquished all control of the site and sold it to a development company . In 2000 , four of the buildings were listed : the Sergeants ' Mess and the Accommodation Block were protected at category B , while the Officers ' Mess and Guardhouse were protected at category C ( s ) . In 2008 , planning permission was granted for the demolition of all of the barracks buildings , with the exception of the four listed buildings , and construction of 348 houses on the site . The four main buildings were to be converted into 45 luxury apartments . As part of the redevelopment , the conversion of the category B listed " Sandhurst " Accommodation Block has created 20 townhouses and 16 two - bedroom apartments . The former Sergeants ' Mess is a now a luxury detached house .