Oakham School Archives

Wharton Pavilion (1983-2014)

BES-BES/1-BES/1/13-BES/1/13/2
File
1978 - 1999

A collection of documents relating to the Wharton pavilion, built on the site of the Old Gymnasium, adjacent to Wharflands. The opening ceremony took place on 4 July 1983 by O.O. Ron Jacobs ('45), President of the R.F.U. In July 2014, the Wharton Pavilion, known as Stumps, was taken down.

L.R. Shipsides

Stumps at the Wharton Pavilion

BES-BES/1-BES/1/13-BES/1/13/2-BES/1/13/2/2-BES/1/13/2/2/4
Item
15/04/1999

Part of Buildings and Estates

A plaque celebrating the opening of the Stumps at the Wharton Pavilion by Allan Lamb.

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Photographs of the opening ceremony

BES-BES/1-BES/1/13-BES/1/13/2-BES/1/13/2/1-BES/1/13/2/1/7
Item
04/07/1983

Part of Buildings and Estates

Two photographs (A and B) of Ron Jacobs opening the new Wharton Pavilion on 4 July 1983. Also present were the Headmaster Richard Bull and the Chairman of Quatercentenary Appeal Committee Tom White. The photographs were taken by Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls Photography and the numbers of print are written on the back: V353/4; V353/5, respectively.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Photographs of the opening ceremony

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Item
04/07/1983

Part of Buildings and Estates

Three photographs (A to C) of the guests at the opening of the new Wharton Pavilion on 4 July 1983. The photographs were taken by Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls Photography and the numbers of print are written on the back: V353/7; V353/8; V353/9, respectively.

Brian and Elizabeth Nicholls

Photographs of the architectural model

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Item
1983

Part of Buildings and Estates

Two photographs (A and B) of the architectural model for the new Wharton Pavilion.

L.R. Shipsides

Photographs

BES-BES/1-BES/1/13-BES/1/13/2-BES/1/13/2/1
Sub-File
1978 - 1983

Part of Buildings and Estates

A collection of photographs of the Old Gymnasium and the Wharton Pavilion from the late 1970s.

L.R. Shipsides

Opening

BES-BES/1-BES/1/13-BES/1/13/2-BES/1/13/2/2
Sub-File
1983 - 1999

Part of Buildings and Estates

This sub-file focusses on the opening of the Wharton Pavilion in 1983 and of the refurbished 'Stumps' in 1999.

Oakham School

Cricket pavilions

BES-BES/1-BES/1/13
Sub-Series
1931 - 2014

Part of Buildings and Estates

A collection of documents, including photographs and commemorative plaques, relating to the School's cricket pavilions on Doncaster Close since the 19th century.

L.R. Shipsides

An invitation