be modernised with the introduction of current technology and IT, whilst restoring the grandeur of their original design as teaching spaces. This is a very significant and expensive project principally because of the cost of installing new services throughout the buildings, involving new heating plant and pipework to replace old, decrepit and leaking systems, electrical re-wiring and the installation of full IT networks. The project will begin in the Easter holidays of 2017, with completion within a year to 15 months. implementation in 2018. This will deliver a transformed central campus, restored to full pedestrian use, creating reflective spaces for the boys. The first phase was completed this year with the replacement of the 34 ageing trees of ‘Chestnuts Avenue’ by 52 new specimens in ‘Lime Tree Walk’, which also provided the opportunity to resurface the path with top-dressed gravel. It is intended to submit “The Landscape Plan” for planning permission in 2017, with a view to
Transforming the campus In 2011 the Master and Governors commissioned an architectural Masterplan from John McAslan+ Partners in order to have a clear strategic sense of our potential for delivering a coherent plan for the development of the campus, ensuring we meet the College’s needs today and in the future. This plan has informed current development of the site and has been further developed by a Supplement to the Masterplan delivered by Grimshaw Architects. These key plans identify the opportunities to create a campus which will foster and enhance the learning and development of boys, staff and the wider community both in and beyond the classroom. The total cost of the immediate priority projects in the Masterplan is currently estimated at £19.2 million which includes £10.7 million for the internal refurbishment of the Barry Buildings.
A feasibility study is in process to determine the best use and future of Chestnuts which is in a very poor state, and a new playground has been built at DUCKS to the delight of the children and staff on the hill, while a memorial garden near to The Laboratory is in design, thanks to the generosity of two former governors.
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