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A collection of documents, mainly photographs, of Deanscroft house.
Deanscroft in the 19th century was a Jacobethan hunting lodge. In 1946, the Headmaster, G. Talbot Griffiths, brought the property and aimed at converting it into a boarding house. The boys’ boarding house opened in 1948, providing accommodation to thirty-seven boys on the first term. In 1959, the kitchen garden to the east of the Laboratories was transformed into lawns, grassy plots and flower beds. The house was enlarged in 1960 and the buildings by the Headmaster’s garage were annexed as studies. IN the 1960s, the boiler house was enlarged to house two large oil-fired boilers which provided Deanscroft and Wharflands with all the hot water they need and supplied central heating to both houses and all the adjoining classrooms and laboratories. In 1963, a new study block was built near the present Biology Laboratories.
In 1978, Deanscroft was refurbished and the Headmaster and his family were now occupying one part of the house. Further enhancements were made to Deanscroft in 1981, especially to the changing rooms and the ground floor accommodation. A new wing was added in 1983, with bedsits for the boys and a Tutor’s room, as well as study bedrooms for thirty-six boys in the Fifth and Sixth Forms. On Deasncroft lawn, a new fence was put up between the Headmaster’s garden and the boys’ tennis court in 1985 and Deanscroft Cottage was dismantled in summer before work began in October on the new Dining Hall. The Nursery School and Beach studies were also demolished. Finally in 1989, the Beach was paved and in the centre would be a Japanese gardens with herons in the pond. Deanscroft boarding house was closed on Speech Day 1989, prior to its conversion into Stevens, a boarding house for girls.

This series focuses on the Junior House/Chapmans pupils and staff since its opening in 1910. It first comprised the Junior Department with facilities for boys boarders and classrooms. The house was renamed Chapmans in September 1960, after Frank Emerson Chapman, first Housemaster of the Junior House; it became a Senior House. Most of the series is made of photographs, house photographs as well as more informal photographs.

Photographs in black and white of pupils during a CCF inspection; marching, military drills

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.

A collection of photographs of the School theatres, the Barraclough Hall and the QET.

A photograph of pupils climbing the stairs from the quad. The photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the print number is stamped at the back: 157564. A number is written in the bottom right corner: 64.

A negative of the 'Big Four' standing outside the War memorial Library in 1966.

A photograph of Junior House boys eating in the house Dining Room, possibly in the late 1950s/early 1960s. This photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the print number is stamped at the back: 157524. The number 24 is written on the front, in the bottom right corner.

A photograph of two pupils working at their desks in School House. The photograph was taken by Photo-Reportage Ltd and the print number is stamped at the back: 147822. A number is written in the bottom right corner: B22.

A black and white photograph of the interior of the Old School, showing the frescoes and the museum cases, before it was altered to become the Shakespeare Centre.