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A letter from David Smith to Tom Reay

A letter from David Smith to Tom Case, Bursar, regarding the changes in the Shakespeare Centre after its relinquishment by the English Department on completion of the Merton building in 1991.

Oakham School

Architecture

This file focusses on architects' reports regarding the refurbishment of Old School in the late 1980s-early 1990s.

Bond & Read

Buildings and Estates

  • BES
  • Subfonds
  • 1802 - 2020

A collection which focuses on the history of the school campus and buildings. There is an excellent photographic record of the school campus including the development of both houses and teaching buildings.

The collection contains architectural plans for buildings and press releases/ photographs of the opening of new additions to the school campus.

This sub-fonds contains general policy documents more relevant to the estates and IT daily functions.

The three series divide this sub-fonds amongst buildings, campus services, and IT.

Oakham School

Merton building

This sub-series focusses on the Merton building, erected on the site of the old Ashburton Dining Hall. It was in use on the first day of the 1991 Winter term and the official opening ceremony took place on 26 November. Michael McCrum, former Trustee and Master of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, opened the new block. It comprised “spacious corridors, staff rooms for each subjects and twenty-four comfortable and acoustically effective classrooms”. The building was named after OO Thomas Merton (‘32). The Headmaster, Graham Smallbone, planted a tree outside the entrance to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Diocese of Peterborough. This new building houses the English, Maths and History Departments.

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Photographs

This file contains various photographs of the Merton building on Church Street, since its construction in 1990.

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Report on Proposed Repairs

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.

Bond & Read