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Four large negatives of 12 photographs of buildings, including the Sports Hall and rugby pitch; the Music School and Old School.

A CD of aerial photographs of the School by Commission Air.

Four negatives of 12 photographs of pupils in front of various School buildings, including College House, Reception, the main Entrance and the Barraclough Dining Hall, probably in the 1990s.

This file focusses on photographs of Buchanans, formerly Orchard Close, in the 1980s and 1990s. Some of those photographs were taken for marketing purposes, including publication in the Oakham School Magazine.

This file focusses on photographs of Queen Anne's house.

A collection of photographs and art work of School House, and plans of the building.

This sub-series focusses on the Ashburton building, formerly the Haywood building.
Colonel Thomas Haywood, Chairman of the Trustees, laid the foundation stone of a new building, which was to bear his name, on 13th June 1964. The architects of this new academic building were F.J. Lenton & Partners. It came to use in September 1965 and was officially opened by Group Captain Douglas Bader. It housed the Geography and Modern Languages Departments. It comprised nine classrooms and the Jerwood Hall in the basement, which was equipped as a lecture hall, cinema and television room. In 1978, a new extension to the Haywood Building saw the addition of six classrooms and ancillary rooms to the Modern Languages, Geography and Audio Visual Aids Departments. The Haywood building on Church Street was extended in 1984. It was renamed 'Ashburton' in 1989 and now houses the Modern Foreign Languages and Classics departments.

A collection of photographs of the QET since the transformation of the Barraclough Hall as part of the Quatercentenary Development Plan. The architect, W.O. Wilson, had designed a modern auditorium, with raked seating and a large stage below the audience, a gallery and a foyer facing the Music School lawn and purpose-built rooms for changing, costumes, scenery making and storage. It was equipped with a computerized lighting system and sophisticated sound equipment. The new Oakham Theatre was officially opened on 16 November 1984 by Queen Elizabeth II.

This file contains various photographs of Old School throughout the years.

Three photographs of a girl and a boy sitting outside College House and the Chapel, taken for Marketing purposes in the 1990s.