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A photograph of the Haywood Building, now the Ashburton, in the 1980s.

A photograph of the Haywood Building, now the Ashburton, in the 1980s.

This file relates to the Second Mater's annual reports, submitted to the Headmaster and Trustees. The file dates from the headmastership of Richard Bull.

This file relates to the Headmaster's Annual report to the Trustees, from the 1950s to 1980s. The reports cover all aspects of School, academic, examination results, extra-curricular activities, Estates and Maintenance, staff and individual faculty report, vision for the future of the School. All reports are private and confidential.

This file focusses on reports by John Buchanan for the Jerwood Foundation, in the 1970s-1980s.

Two photographs (A and B) of the model of the proposed Merton building from the Architects Gotch and Saunders, in the late 1980s.

This file contains various photographs of the Ashburton building, formerly the Haywood building on Church Street, throughout the years.

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 photograph of the Ashburton building in the 1990s.

A photograph in colour of a new staff room in the Merton Building.