Former Department Of Agriculture, Now School Of Architecture

The former Department of Agriculture, now the School of Architecture, is a university building constructed in 1913 by W.H. Knowles F.S.A. It is designed in a symmetrical Tudor style, featuring brown brick with ashlar dressings and a roof of plain tiles. The building has two storeys and attics, arranged in a 1:3:1 bay configuration, with the outer wide bays positioned under gables.

Access is provided by four steps leading up to a central open porch that has a moulded Tudor arch supported by a corbelled oriel. The windows are stone mullioned and transomed, set within irregular-block surrounds. The end bays are buttressed and include a central buttress supporting a corbelled first-floor oriel, while the gable peaks feature seven-light windows. Additionally, there are three gabled dormers and a roll-moulded continuous parapet. The building is topped with two tall stacks that have ashlar plinths and cornices, each with three chimneys. A panel in the porch notes that half of the building's cost was covered by Clement Stephenson and the other half by the Ministry of Agriculture.