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Two photographs (A and B) of a boy and a girl walking out of the Merton Building. These photographs were probably taken for Marketing purposes or for publication in the School Magazine in the 1990s.

Two photographs (A and B) of the model of the proposed Merton building from the Architects Gotch and Saunders, in the late 1980s.

Three negatives of seven photographs of the Merton Building and three of the Ashburton Building, probably in the 1990s.

This sub-series focusses on the Merton building, erected on the site of the old Ashburton Dining Hall. It was in use on the first day of the 1991 Winter term and the official opening ceremony took place on 26 November. Michael McCrum, former Trustee and Master of Corpus Christi, Cambridge, opened the new block. It comprised “spacious corridors, staff rooms for each subjects and twenty-four comfortable and acoustically effective classrooms”. The building was named after OO Thomas Merton (‘32). The Headmaster, Graham Smallbone, planted a tree outside the entrance to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the Diocese of Peterborough. This new building houses the English, Maths and History Departments.

A photograph of the plaque commemorating the opening of the Merton Building on 26 November 1991.

A photograph of the Headmaster Graham Smallbone planting a tree outside the Merton Building to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the Diocese of Peterborough.

A photograph of the unveiling of the commemorative plaque in the entrance of the Merton Building by Michael McCrum on 26 November 1991. Also present were the Chairman of the Trustees, Simon Schanschieff, and the Headmaster, Graham Smallbone.

A photograph of two pupils walking outside the Merton Building. The photograph was probably taken for Marketing purposes in the 1990s.

A photograph of the entrance of the Merton Building soon after its completion in October 1991.

A photograph of three girls walking out of the Merton Building. The photograph was probably taken for Marketing purposes in the 1990s.