Description

SU 9677 NE
1/45

Eton
The Memorial Buildings, Eton College

(Formerly listed as The School Hall and Library)

30.9.69.

II

Erected 1905-8 as a Boer War Memorial. Red brick with Portland stone dressings and quoins, the ground floor wholly stone, rusticated. Consists of two buildings. The south building has a rectangular front with a large Ionic doorway. Wide limestone pilasters above flank a single round-headed window. The outer portions are flanked by pilasters rusticated in limestone and brick. Limestone balustraded parapet with solid centre portion. The north building is octagonal surmounted by a leaden dome with cupola over. Each wall contains a round-headed window flanked by narrow pilasters. Stepped parapet over surmounted by urns. The two buildings contain the Library and the School Hall.

Architect: L K Hall.

Listing NGR: SU9659477921

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 27 October 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26505944

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Recommended Books

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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living