Oakham School Archives

BES-BES/1-BES/1/20
Sub-Series
1980 - 1990

A collection of documents, mostly photographs, of Buchanans house, formerly Orchard Close from the 1980s and 1990s.
Orchard Close had been built in 1929 by W.L. Sargant as a private residence along the cricket fields when he retired. Later, in July 1975 the Trustees acquired the house from the school doctor, Dr T.D. Brentnall. In early October 1975, Orchard Close had become a girls’ boarding house. The house was later modernised to accommodate Sixth and Seventh Form girls. It was renamed Buchanans House in Summer 1977, following the retirement of Headmaster J.D. Buchanan. Work was completed on Buchanans house in 1982. The extension was ready for occupation in January 1983 and was officially opened on 23 February by former Headmaster John Buchanan.

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A photograph of Buchanans bridge

BES-BES/1-BES/1/20-BES/1/20/1-BES/1/20/1/2
Item
c.1990

Part of Buildings and Estates

A photograph of Buchanans bridge, looking towards the house and garden in the 1990s.

N/D

Photographs of the architectural model

BES-BES/1-BES/1/19-BES/1/19/1-BES/1/19/1/4
c.1974

Part of Buildings and Estates

Four photographs (A to D) of the model of the proposed Jerwoods Campus for the Lower School in the early 1970s.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

A photograph of Buchanans bridge

BES-BES/1-BES/1/20-BES/1/20/1-BES/1/20/1/1
Item
c.1990

Part of Buildings and Estates

A photograph of Buchanans bridge and extension (tutor flat), looking towards Rushebrookes, in the 1990s.

N/D

A photograph of Buchanans house

BES-BES/1-BES/1/20-BES/1/20/1-BES/1/20/1/6
N/D

Part of Buildings and Estates

A photograph of girls in the garden of Buchanans house.

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Photographs

BES-BES/1-BES/1/22-BES/1/22/1
File
1980 - 2018

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 house

BES-BES/1-BES/1/22-BES/1/22/1-BES/1/22/1/1
Item
c.1990

Part of Buildings and Estates

A photograph of Rushebrookes house, probably in the 1990s.

N/D

A photograph of the garden

BES-BES/1-BES/1/20-BES/1/20/1-BES/1/20/1/8
Item
N/D

Part of Buildings and Estates

A black and white photograph of the garden behind the main house of Buchanans.

N/D

Rushebrookes

BES-BES/1-BES/1/22
Sub-Series
1980 - 2018

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

A photograph of Rushebrookes house

BES-BES/1-BES/1/22-BES/1/22/1-BES/1/22/1/2
Item
1980

Part of Buildings and Estates

A photograph of Rushebrookes house, shortly after its completion in 1980.

L.R. Shipsides

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