The Building of St Edward's School: A Chronology (1870 - 2020)

P AGE N O : 115 £7,840,000 today), three girls Boarding Houses (£10,500,000, £20,580,000 today)), replace Chapel organ and install under floor heating (£1,200,000, £2,352,000 today), improvements in the catering area (£800,000, £1,568,000 today), acquisition of neighbouring properties and land to allow for a future 50/50 split boys and girls in the future (£28,000,000, £54,880,000 today) and a boost to existing Endowment Fund to widen access and ‘attract children who most benefit from a St. Edward’s education’ (General Purposes, November 2007). 2008 - The building of the new Martyrs Pavilion under way, slightly south of its predecessor Owner of the Lemon Tree Restaurant now puts forward a second application to build on the site, this time for six Maisonettes and two Town Houses ( two backing onto the School’s Music School and rifle range ). Again the School registers an objection. Meanwhile, separately, the School makes a bid of £2,000,000 (£3,760,000 today) for the site, which is in turn rejected (Governors’ Meeting, February 2008) The proposed budget figure for the new Pavilion, originally £750,000 (£1,141,000 today) now estimated by the Quantity Surveyor as being closer to £950,000 (£,1,786,000 today) and the architect is asked to come back with a reduced scheme (Governors’ Meeting, June 2008). The new Pavilion will be called the Martyrs Pavilion (Governors’ Meeting, June 2008) Capital projects announced include the new Science Building and extensions to Field and Sing’s Houses (General Purposes, September 2008) Field House extended and dedicated by Lord Bishop of London September 2008 (“Chronicle” Summer 2010) Chairman of the General Purposes Committee arranges to meet Clinton Pugh, the current owner of the Lemon Tree Restaurant, to see if he is willing to sell the site (Governors’ Meeting, November 2008). Initial price requested of £2,600,000 (£4,888,000 today) considered too high (Governors’ Meeting minutes, November 2008) Agreement reached to construct a new Sports Pavilion with possible opening in 2009 (General Purposes, September 2008). By November the fund-raising for the new Pavilion had reached £715,000 (£1,344,200 today) (of the £750,000 (1,410,000 target). The lowest tender of the building to date is £880,000 (£1,655,400 today) and building will take twenty-six weeks - this is at odds with the approved sum of £622,000 (1,1693,360 today)(General Purposes Meeting’ minutes, November 2008) School not having received any satisfactory offers for 39 Stratfield Road and reduces the price to £495,000 (£930,600 today) (General Purposes, November 2008) Esporta Building to be known as ‘The Oxfordshire’ in future (Governors’ Meeting, November 2008). 2009 - Opening of the new Martyrs Pavilion ( John Pawson design ) on 12 th September by Lord Sandberg (O.S.E.), one of the main donors after whom the Long Room is named (Summer 2010 Chronicle) The previous Pavilion, designated as Art Deco and therefore protected, is refurbished and restored as a Keep-Fit facility with accompanying changing rooms. The original plan to destroy this building is rescinded The Ogston Life Sciences Building (so named after its benefactor parent and a Nicholas Hardy design ) opened to the east of the old Laboratories School acquires the Lemon Tree Restaurant site on the Woodstock Road and the adjoining Local Radio Jack FM site ‘as part of Music Department development and temporarily used for the Archives, music rehearsal space and staff accommodation’ (2010/2011 “Chronicle”) Enhancement to Tilly’s commences