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A report on proposed repairs and alterations of Old School (Shakespeare Centre) from Bond & Read, Chartered Architects. Contents: Brief Description and History; Recommendations; Appendix; Photographs; Key Drawing. Some hand-written annotations by the Headmaster Graham Smallbone. Fourteen pages A to N.

A collection of photographs and art work of College House, formerly the Old Vicarage, which was the Sanatorium before becoming the first girls' boarding house in 1971. Also contains a large file on the architecture and history of the building.

A detailed description of the walls, roof, windows and floors of College House and mention of any damage to the structure, by R.E.M. Thomas in February 1998 and an addendum from May 1998. Four pages A to D.

An article entitled 'Historic American Timber Joinery - A Graphic Guide' written by Jack A. Sobon, discussing and illustrating the joints in American traditional timber-framed buildings of the past. Six pages A to F.

A fee proposal for a new Music School, produced by Franklin Ellis Architects for Oakham School. Four pages A to D.

Four plans for the proposed new Music School, including a plan of the first floor, the second floor, the basement and ground floor. Four pages A to D

A collection of documents relating to Round House, the first purpose-built girls’ boarding house, built in 1972 on what was School House tennis court. The Architect, Tom E. Wilson, designed a building in the shape of a Dovecote, or a Birdcage. The builders were George Duxbury (OO, '34) and Sons. The new house contained thirty bed-sitters on three floors, built around a central spiral stairway. A common room linked the new building with the War Memorial Library. At the back of the Library were built a small flat and domestic offices. Sixty girls moved in from the beginning of the 1972 Winter term and the boarding house was officially opened on 28 October 1972 by Mrs Haywood.

A collection of architectural plans of the science department expansion over three decades.

Proposed plans for the various floors of the Science building extension in 1979.

A plan of the laboratory layout for the Science building extension in 1980.