Part of Buildings and Estates
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.
Oakham School
Part of Buildings and Estates
This file contains various photographs of School House and Old Hall throughout the years.
Roy Peters Photography
A post card of School House quad
Part of Buildings and Estates
A modern post card showing the School House quad, looking towards the Old Block, in the late 19th century.
Oakham School
Part of Buildings and Estates
A negative of the refurbished Old Hall in 1977, presented by Brian Needham.
Brian Needham
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of documents, mostly photographs, of Rushebrookes, the third purpose-built boarding house for girls, adjacent to Buchanans house, on the land purchased in 1977. The new house was named after the school’s first headmaster, Robert Rushebrooke. The first girls moved in over Spring half-term 1980 but the opening ceremony only took place later that year, on 22 November.
L.R. Shipsides
Part of Buildings and Estates
This file focusses on photographs of Rushebrookes house since its construction in 1980.
L.R. Shipsides
A photograph of Rushebrookes bridge
Part of Buildings and Estates
A photo of the Rushebrookes bridge decorated with bunting to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry in 2018.
Oakham School
Part of Buildings and Estates
A card showing Haywoods house in the 1990s.
Oakham School
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of photographs and art work relating to the whole School Campus, in particular aerial photographs from 1937 of the School and the town, and a file of individual photographs of buildings around the campus. The oldest items in this sub-series date back to the 19th century.
Aerofilms Ltd
Part of Buildings and Estates
A poster of photographs of the school in 1977. Including Lincoln house, the Science block, the badminton courts in the Sports Hall, a girls' dorm, the Ashburton Dining hall and the indoors swimming pool.
Oakham School