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A small passport photograph of Sally Whitehill at the start of the 1993 Winter term in Stevens House.

A small passport photograph of Sally Whitehill at the start of 1992 Winter term in Stevens House.

A photograph of Sally Whitehill at the start of 1994 Winter term in Stevens House.

A print-out of a photograph of Sally Whitehill at the start of 1993 Winter term in Stevens House.

A photograph of Ruth Catallo at the start of 1995 Winter term in Stevens House.

A photograph of new-comer Ruth Catallo at the start of 1995 Winter term in Stevens House.

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.

This series focuses on the boarding girls in Rushebrookes house. It was named after the first School Headmaster, Robert Rushbrooke. The first girls moved in in the Spring term 1980 but the building was officially open only on 22 November 1980. This series contains items related to the daily life of the girls in school and in house, as well as house photographs, mostly from the 2010s.

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 photograph of Rhona Baker at the start of 1991 Winter term in Stevens House.