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A photograph in black and white of the tearing down of the Ashburton Dining Hall, prior to the construction of the Merton building on the same site in July 1989.

A group of three photographs documenting the restoration of Old School in 1994.

A print-out of a plan of the ground floor of School House how it was before 1858. It is believed that the item was used for research and published in 'The Story of Oakham School' by John Barber.

Two photographs (A and B) of the entrance from the Buttercross, with pupils walking out. The photographs were taken for Marketing purposes.

Two photographs (A and B) of the entrance from the Buttercross, with pupils walking out. The photographs were taken for Marketing purposes.

Two photographs (A and B) of a boy and a girl walking out of the Merton Building. These photographs were probably taken for Marketing purposes or for publication in the School Magazine in the 1990s.

This file contains various photographs of the Merton building on Church Street, since its construction in 1990.

Three negatives of seven photographs of the Merton Building and three of the Ashburton Building, probably in the 1990s.

This sub-series focusses on the Merton building, erected on the site of the old Ashburton Dining Hall. It was in use on the first day of the 1991 Winter term and the official opening ceremony took place on 26 November. Michael McCrum, former Trustee and Master of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, opened the new block. It comprised “spacious corridors, staff rooms for each subjects and twenty-four comfortable and acoustically effective classrooms”. The building was named after OO Thomas Merton (‘32). The Headmaster, Graham Smallbone, planted a tree outside the entrance to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Diocese of Peterborough. This new building houses the English, Maths and History Departments.

A map of Oakham town, focusing on Market place and High Street, showing School buildings.