- BES-BES/1-BES/1/16-BES/1/16/2
- File
- 1922
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of art work relating to the Junior House/Chapmans.
O.W.
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of art work relating to the Junior House/Chapmans.
O.W.
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of documents relating to the School's first cricket pavilion. It was built on the playing fields in the 19th century. It was then enlarged and renovated in 1931, when two changing rooms and a thatched roof were added. It unfortunately burnt in May 1970.
Photo-Reportage Ltd
Part of Buildings and Estates
This file focusses on various documents relating to the History of the Science buildings which cannot be linked to any other files.
Oakham School
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of photographs of the Barraclough Hall since its construction in 1946. Once a warehouse at the terminus of the Canal on Ashwell Road, later converted into stables, the Barraclough Hall was named in honour of Mrs Barraclough, benefactor to the school, and in memory of her late husband, Norman Barraclough (OO, 1883). At the west end was the stage and the theatre would seat about three hundred and fifty people. Other features included a traditional long hall, raked stage and Proscenium Arch. The opening ceremony took place on 20 June 1953.
Photo-Reportage Ltd
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of various documents and objects relating to the Sports Hall since its construction in 1972.
Loughborough Recreation Planning Consultants Ltd
Part of Buildings and Estates
This file focusses on documents relating to the construction of the Sports Hall, including architectural plans.
Loughborough Recreation Planning Consultants Ltd
Part of Buildings and Estates
This focus focusses on various documents relating to the construction of the Jerwoods campus in the 1970s.
Thomas E. Wilson
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of photographs of Wharflands house, documenting the improvements and changes of the boarding house since 1920.
Clive Coombes
Part of Buildings and Estates
This file focusses on photographs of the Art block and the Design & Technology Centre in the 1970s.
Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls
The Queen Elizabeth Theatre (since 1984)
Part of Buildings and Estates
A collection of photographs of the QET since the transformation of the Barraclough Hall as part of the Quatercentenary Development Plan. The architect, W.O. Wilson, had designed a modern auditorium, with raked seating and a large stage below the audience, a gallery and a foyer facing the Music School lawn and purpose-built rooms for changing, costumes, scenery making and storage. It was equipped with a computerized lighting system and sophisticated sound equipment. The new Oakham Theatre was officially opened on 16 November 1984 by Queen Elizabeth II.
L.R. Shipsides