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This series is related to the buildings on the School campus and documents their history. Most of the collection is made of photographs and artwork, as well as architectural plans. Each sub-series focusses on a different building.

A photograph of pupils at shooting practice at the School shooting range. The photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the number is stamped on the back: 147870.

This sub-series focusses on photographs of Oakham School 1st Shooting VIII, mostly during the 1950s and 1960s, as well as teams competing in the Ashburton Competition at Bisley.

This series relates to the History of Shooting at Oakham School. The collection is made of team photographs, score books and ephemera relating to successes at Bisley. The collection spans from the 1950s to 1980s.

A photograph of the Beach studies, looking toward the Science block, in the 1960s. The photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the number of print is stamped on the back: 862871.

A photograph of Deanscroft house, from the garden with the tennis courts. The photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the number of print is stamped on the back: 147833.

A photograph of a dorm on the first floor of Deanscroft in the 1960s. The photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the number of print is stamped on the back: 157551.

A collection of photographs and post cards of Deanscroft house, documenting the improvements and changes of the boarding house since its acquisition in 1948.

A collection of documents, mainly photographs, of Deanscroft house.
Deanscroft in the 19th century was a Jacobethan hunting lodge. In 1946, the Headmaster, G. Talbot Griffiths, brought the property and aimed at converting it into a boarding house. The boys’ boarding house opened in 1948, providing accommodation to thirty-seven boys on the first term. In 1959, the kitchen garden to the east of the Laboratories was transformed into lawns, grassy plots and flower beds. The house was enlarged in 1960 and the buildings by the Headmaster’s garage were annexed as studies. IN the 1960s, the boiler house was enlarged to house two large oil-fired boilers which provided Deanscroft and Wharflands with all the hot water they need and supplied central heating to both houses and all the adjoining classrooms and laboratories. In 1963, a new study block was built near the present Biology Laboratories.
In 1978, Deanscroft was refurbished and the Headmaster and his family were now occupying one part of the house. Further enhancements were made to Deanscroft in 1981, especially to the changing rooms and the ground floor accommodation. A new wing was added in 1983, with bedsits for the boys and a Tutor’s room, as well as study bedrooms for thirty-six boys in the Fifth and Sixth Forms. On Deasncroft lawn, a new fence was put up between the Headmaster’s garden and the boys’ tennis court in 1985 and Deanscroft Cottage was dismantled in summer before work began in October on the new Dining Hall. The Nursery School and Beach studies were also demolished. Finally in 1989, the Beach was paved and in the centre would be a Japanese gardens with herons in the pond. Deanscroft boarding house was closed on Speech Day 1989, prior to its conversion into Stevens, a boarding house for girls.

A black and white photograph of the interior of the Old School, showing the frescoes and the museum cases, before it was altered to become the Shakespeare Centre.