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Wilson Fields and Pavilion

A collection of documents relating to the Wilson Fields and cricket pavilion, including photographs of the opening. In 2005, the Springfield Playing Fields on Ashwell Road were renamed the Wilson Fields, to honour O.O. Lynn Wilson ('57). Lynn Wilson also funded the construction of a pavilion on the fields. The official opening ceremony took place on 16 May 2005.

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Wharton Pavilion (1983-2014)

A collection of documents relating to the Wharton pavilion, built on the site of the Old Gymnasium, adjacent to Wharflands. The opening ceremony took place on 4 July 1983 by O.O. Ron Jacobs ('45), President of the R.F.U. In July 2014, the Wharton Pavilion, known as Stumps, was taken down.

L.R. Shipsides

Two plans of the new rooms

Two plans, for the ground floor and the first floor, of the new Music School, with hand-written notes. Two pages A and B

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Three letters from R.E.M. Thomas

Three letters from R.E.M. Thomas, School Marshal, to Cecil A. Hewett (A), Professor James Stephen Curl (B) and David Watt (C) regarding the architecture of College House and a comparison with Quaintree Hall in Braunston.

R.E.M. Thomas

The opening ceremony

This sub-file contains photographs of the opening ceremony of the Wilson Playing Fields on 16 April 2005.

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The new Music School, 2010

This file contains items relating to the construction of the new Music School in 2010, such as architects drawings and plans and proposals.

Franklin Ellis Architects

The Barraclough Hall

A collection of photographs of the Barraclough Hall since its construction in 1946. Once a warehouse at the terminus of the Canal on Ashwell Road, later converted into stables, the Barraclough Hall was named in honour of Mrs Barraclough, benefactor to the school, and in memory of her late husband, Norman Barraclough (OO, 1883). At the west end was the stage and the theatre would seat about three hundred and fifty people. Other features included a traditional long hall, raked stage and Proscenium Arch. The opening ceremony took place on 20 June 1953.

Photo-Reportage Ltd

Scrapbook of the opening of Schanschieffs

A scrapbook recording the history of the Schanschieff site, Rutland independence, photographs of the houses (exterior and interior), house photographs of the boys of Clipsham and Barrow. Contains mood boards for colour schemes and designs of each of the houses. Also contains fabric samples. Has photographs of the Simon Schanschieff's portrait at the back with his wife Pip and the artist June Mendoza; also present was the Headmaster Graham Smallbone and Pip Schanschieff.

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Science buildings

A collection of documents relating to the various Science buildings and laboratories on campus throughout the years. It includes the Sargant Laboratories and further refurbishments, the Biology block and the Mehra Faculty of Science. The bulk of the sub-series is made of architectural plans and designs.

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