King Edward The Sixth College

This is a school, built in 1878 by Clapton Rolfe, in an English Bond brick style with stone dressings, brick bands, tile hanging, some timber framing with herringbone brick nogging, and tile roofs with ridge cresting. Tall brick ridge and external stacks feature pilaster strips and oversailing tops. The building has a complex plan and is designed in the Domestic Gothic style, influenced by architects Street and Butterfield.

The main, two-storey and attic range is arranged as a 1-1-1-2 bay layout. The gabled first bay features a six-light wood mullioned and transomed window. Wood casement lights with glazing bars are found throughout. The first floor is tile-hung, and a ten-light window has brackets between each light, with single lights to the return sides. The gable is decorated with pierced barge boards. A three-story D-plan tower sits in the corner. It includes a statue of Edward VI atop a brick and stone pedestal with a canopy, and on the second floor, five single-light windows share a continuous stone transom and bands. A steep-hipped roof and an iron finial top the tower. A deeply-recessed 20th-century glazed door is found in the third bay, with a timber-framed first floor above, featuring a moulded and carved bressumer and three small lights.

The large gabled range on the right has a moulded brick plinth. The ground floor features two two-light stone mullioned windows with two transoms, and a moulded string course connects them. The first floor has four trefoiled lancet windows with a continuous hood mould. The gable above has a large round window and a band of terracotta ornament. A single-storey, six-bay classroom block on the right has mullioned and transomed windows of four trefoiled lights. The first bay incorporates a plank door, and the gabled sixth bay projects, featuring a five-light window with two transoms, a moulded relieving arch with basket-weave brickwork, and a hood mould. A small round fleche rises from the main roof.

The left return side of the main range has a large external stack on the right. A gabled range on the right has two 20th-century ground-floor windows. The first floor features four trefoiled lancets with a continuous hood mould. The attic has a five-light casement, a relieving arch with basket-weave brickwork, and a hood mould. A recessed centre has timber framing to the upper part, with six small lights. A round stair turret has a two-light window with two transoms. A small gabled range occupies the left corner. The interior has not been inspected. Later additions are not of particular architectural interest.