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

A survey report for Old School (Shakespeare Centre) from Bond & Read, Chartered Architects. Contents: Brief Description; Structure; Stonework; Roofs; Rainwater Disposal; Windows; Interior; Services; Summary; Urgent Work; Further Work; Scope of the Survey; Key Drawings. Seven pages A to G.

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.

A survey of Hodges Building, now Littles, containing architectural plans, photographs, notes on the Hodges building and proposed refurbishment.

This file focuses on various items relating to the history of Orchard Close/Buchanans house.

A prospectus containing a survey of Orchard Close property.

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.

This file focusses on the construction and later extension work of the Round House.

Round House development revised proposals report, prepared by Pick Everard Architects, including an introduction; the proposals on the new layouts, plans; estimated Costs of the project; drawings and photographs.

A collection of photographs and art work of College House, formerly the Old Vicarage, which was the Sanatorium before becoming the first girls' boarding house in 1971. Also contains a large file on the architecture and history of the building.