Berkshire Chronicle Reading 05-1916

SE~IEAN

'Berk , has
'Iieutenant
the holde.

awarded 'to

on Seplem

ane., tro.
the offi

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site , of the central buildiilgs "
bot m"tt~r whether- the
the north or. ~llth
entra nce. In any 'cnse
arrests his attention, as

ench 'side

lh~ h;uil~ings :
pri::cipnl one, on the north
si<le, leads to an ante-room, which' shollia prove

mtlst . l1se~l1l on the oocas:on, cJ.f ,.' B :g . , Soola,l s ..

l'Ln{l other functions ' to which visitors may ,be /invit t d. The wings, of the . building con~ain the
claasrooms, three '~t each end. . The on"a t11a,t fnc;:es'

nct ivities of the · school.

. .~1l(1 'S¢ljool HOll.ses,
to Pepper' ~ane, it oc. convenience. oove-c;
used, nn~ at the 'same '
it·jes of , the p ark. · If, . for '
pooi tion'- on j the · new
: tq the, ,full , the
CUl'V-C, as the eye, rallowin'g
in lurn on Grove; the cer.science blOck, passes over
filll\.\ly rests on School

Jumd the j architecl hav e
Itt enhances the .glories of
hove' nevel- lost' Bightl of
;,',t..l-nnl convenience is of prime imconsisis of " central \tall ,
exclusive of ., the
will accommOdatethe platform is iI
long will be DCfl oor of the ball is of
p,~n ~lled with
the sarno

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Gtove IS the history-room, and the next · two .
mathematicnl Silt-rooms, 'whilst at !.he soutti end "
nre the c13s5:on1, modern language and geogfaphy (
ro pms. At the hack of the hull, and ~O'ording , a
meo·n s of Wn\JllUllicatiori with all ~parts of · the .
hJiJdir.g, is " cOnidor some fifty yards long, on
th~ , north side of'l wHich are th~ library, :m,aster~'
' c~on-room ndp - cloak-rooms. T-he Hbrary i9
alsp panelled wit)! onk, qnd:s furnished in a.
. ,stY)e . th.,t must always appe81 to the. studiou.,
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, The building :8 lit by electricity, and h6lited by
~.ater 011 - the low pressure system; 8mp~e . mea.ns
(If ·ventib.tion ~n all the rooms is provided by" Ii I
rl:r-ct "cr oss m~t.h( d· of the most o,pp~oved k1nd~
I' Th+ d"s:gn of the \v hole may be described os
Leorginn in character! Eln;borate detail bas bee."
"vo'a ed ,. and . the architectural eO'eot has ' been,
la,rge\y obtai!,ed by the judicious use of .a,p prop~iate mll<tenals" such as the \000,\ red ar.d gr~y
. bricks, a.nd the JIIaBsln!! and pi-oportions of the
windows. The . reR111~ 1S. it building : dignifi Ed ar.d
~iml'le 'in Chl\1Jacter, It'nd yet, perfectly
in hnr- ·
on the . estate. . ' ,
: mony, wjth: tlle i,other hou8~s
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