Eton College
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1290278
- Date first listed:
- 11-Apr-1950
- Statutory Address:
- Eton College, Eton, Windsor, SL4 6DW
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- Eton College, Eton, Windsor, SL4 6DW
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Eton
- National Grid Reference:
- SU 96715 77868, SU 96758 77918
Details
SU 9677 NE 1/3
Eton College
11.4.50.
I
An outstanding group of buildings surrounding two courtyards. Mainly red brick with Bath stone dressings, chapel ashlar.
1441-6: most of School Yard and Green Court, including College Hall (restored 1858) and buttery, Lower School, Headmaster's chambers, etc,; also Provost's house and kitchen.
1449-59: Chapel (restored 1847, '52 and '76) containing C15 wall paintings. Master of Works: Roger Keys. Modern fan vault.
1514-20: Lupton's tower and chapel, Election Hall.
1689-91: Upper School, headmaster's room and school office. Architect:? Sir Christopher Wren. L.H. Four-window section destroyed by bomb, now rebuilt.
1714: Brewhouse and bakehouse.
1726-9: Library and South arcade.
1758-66: second storey of Green Court, drawing room wing of Provost's house.
Listing NGR: SU9648678220
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 395470
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1923), 267
Ditchfield, P H, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Berkshire, (1907), 147
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 05/02/2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
Other
R.C.H.M. I, 142.
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
