Applications for College House
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Part of Houses
A note from Rod Smith explaining the process of applying for a desk in College House.
Rod Smith
Applications for College House
Part of Houses
A note from Rod Smith explaining the process of applying for a desk in College House.
Rod Smith
Part of Houses
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.
Oakham School
College House - Formerly the Priests' House
Part of Buildings and Estates
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.
R.E.M. Thomas
Three letters from R.E.M. Thomas
Part of Buildings and Estates
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.
R.E.M. Thomas
College House - Formerly the Priests' House
Part of Buildings and Estates
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.
R.E.M. Thomas
Part of Buildings and Estates
This file contains various documents and articles pertaining to the history and the architecture of College House.
Nick Hill
Part of Buildings and Estates
A photograph in colour of a girl and a boy sitting outside College House and the Chapel, taken for Marketing purposes in the 1990s.
Oakham School
Part of Buildings and Estates
A photograph in colour of a girl and a boy sitting outside College House, taken for Marketing purposes in the 1990s.
Oakham School
Part of Buildings and Estates
A photograph in colour of a girl and a boy sitting outside College House, taken for Marketing purposes in the 1990s.
Oakham School