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A note from Rod Smith explaining the process of applying for a desk in College House.

This sub-series focuses on various items related to the history of College House.

This series relates to College House, the pupils who lived there and the history of the building.
College House was built c.1320 and used to be a priest’s house for clergy sent to the town by Westminster Abbey. Oakham School bought College House from the Church in 1736. It served as the school’s Sanatorium until 1965, when College House was then converted into a boarding house for a dozen potential Oxbridge candidates.
In 1971, College House became the first girls’ boarding house. In 1982, it was converted to be used as a Seventh Form Study Centre.
Since 2007 College House has been converted into offices. The Foundation and Marketing moved in and the Senior Deputy Heads use the wing as their private residence. The Barber Rooms, housing the School Archives, opened in 2010 on the first floor and the Old Oakhamian Club is now on the ground floor.

A detailed description of the walls, roof, windows and floors of College House and mention of any damage to the structure, by R.E.M. Thomas in February 1998 and an addendum from May 1998. Four pages A to D.

Three letters from R.E.M. Thomas, School Marshal, to Cecil A. Hewett (A), Professor James Stephen Curl (B) and David Watt (C) regarding the architecture of College House and a comparison with Quaintree Hall in Braunston.

A detailed description of the walls, roof, windows and floors of College House and mention of any damage to the structure, by R.E.M. Thomas, School Marshal, in February 1998. Three pages A to C.

This file contains various documents and articles pertaining to the history and the architecture of College House.

A photograph in colour of a girl and a boy sitting outside College House and the Chapel, taken for Marketing purposes in the 1990s.

A photograph in colour of a girl and a boy sitting outside College House, taken for Marketing purposes in the 1990s.

A photograph in colour of a girl and a boy sitting outside College House, taken for Marketing purposes in the 1990s.