Information for record number MWA3650:
Rugby School, Barby Road, Rugby

Summary The present Rugby School dates back to the beginning of the Imperial period when it moved to this site. It is situated in Barby Road, Rugby.
What Is It?  
Type: School, Church
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rugby
District: Rugby, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 50 74
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
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1 The school moved to its present site in 1750.
2 The first major reconstruction, upon which the modern buildings are based, was in 1809-42 by Henry Hakewill. These comprised the old buildings, the Headmaster's House and the Arnold Library. The group is grey brick and castellated. Hakewills front is varied... and a pleasing composition. This part is listed grade II nos 2/12 and described as Tudor Gothic, embattled, with mullioned windows and oriel over entrance. Hakewill may also have been responsible for Bradley House, a grade II listed building no 2/41, which is of a similar style to Rugby School House. "The real spirit of Rugger is Butterfield" who is responsible for the major part of the 1860-1870s restoration. He began work in Rugby in 1859. His parts are also grade II nos 2/3. His new quad is described as a masterpiece of personal inventive neo-gothic totally unconcerned with symmetry and regularity of red and yellow and black brick with fleuron friezes...ruthlessly varied...round the corner the controlled riot carries on. Generally Venetian Gothic. Pevsner sees the Chapel (1872) as "amazingly resourceful". The building has a steep pyramid roofed octagonal central tower with big gargoyles sparring out, a short nave and low aisles, later rebuilt by Jackson in 1897.
3 Ambitious and characteristic of Butterfield, but not one of his best works.
4 Butterfield was also responsible for many other school buildings including the swimming bath (1876), the gymnasium (1872), the Rackets Courts (1880) and the Temple reading room and museum. Charles Nicholson's War Memorial Chapel (1922) is regarded as very anaemic after Butterfield. It is cruciform, gothic, ashlar faced with a rib vault and pointed tunnel vaults. T G Jackson built the Temple speech room on 1908-1909. It is listed grade II no 2/40 and described as in his Carolean Style. Stone dressed red brick, westmorland slate roof, copper cupola, Doric portico. Typically Jacksonian mixture of Tudor and Baroque. Other architects involved in Rugby school are Scott who built "school field" in 1852 and Penrose (the old Sanatorium 1867).
6 Various metal objects, dating from the 15th century to the 20th century, found by metal detector.
7 building recording was carried out on part of the School House as a condition of listed building Consent for internal alterations.
 
Sources
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: LBL
Author/originator: DoE
Date: 1948
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Rugby
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: The Buildings of England: Warwickshire
Author/originator: Pevsner N and Wedgwood A
Date: 1966
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Warwicks
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Shakespeare's Land
Author/originator: Ribton Turner C J
Date: 1893
Page Number: 274-275
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Guide to Rugby School
Author/originator: Eadon W
Date: 1949
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: LBL
Author/originator: DoE
Date: 1976
Page Number: 14
Volume/Sheet: Borough of Rugby
   
Source No: 7
Source Type: Serial
Title: WMA vol 37 (1994)
Author/originator: White, R (ed)
Date: 1995
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 37
   
Images:  
A view of Rugby School in the 1880s
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1880s
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designation Listed Building Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a statutory list. These buildings are protected by planning and conservation acts that ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them.

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source WMA West Midlands Archaeology. This publication contains a short description for each of the sites where archaeological work has taken place in the previous year. It covers Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire. Some of these descriptions include photographs, plans and drawings of the sites and/or the finds that have been discovered. The publication is produced by the Council For British Archaeology (CBA) West Midlands and is published annually. Copies are held at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument READING ROOM * A room in a library or institution providing periodicals, newspapers, etc. back
monument LIBRARY * A building, room or suite of rooms where books, or other materials, are classified by subject and stored for use by the library's members. back
monument SCHOOL * An establishment in which people, usually children, are taught. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument STONE * Use only where stone is natural or where there is no indication of function. back
monument TUNNEL * An underground channel with a vaulted roof. Use specific type where known. back
monument SANATORIUM * A hospital for convalescents or consumptives. back
monument TOWER * A tall building, either round, square or polygonal in plan, used for a variety of purposes, including defence, as a landmark, for the hanging of bells, industrial functions, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument VAULT * An underground room or building with an arched roof, often used as a burial chamber. Use wider site type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument WAR MEMORIAL * A structure, building or site commemorating soldiers and civilians killed in war. back
monument CHAPEL * A freestanding building, or a room or recess serving as a place of Christian worship in a church or other building. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back
monument TEMPLE * Use for places of worship. For later landscape features use, eg. GARDEN TEMPLE. back
monument SCHOOL HOUSE * A building appropriated by a school for the purpose of teaching pupils. back
monument WORKS * Usually a complex of buildings for the processing of raw materials. Use specific type where known. back

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