Drake

Drake is a boys' hostel built around 1925 to 1933 by architects Buckland and Heywood. The building is constructed of red brick with stone and darker brick dressings, topped with a hipped plain tile roof behind a brick parapet. It has an H-plan layout with identical east and west fronts, featuring two storeys and nine bays. The corners are accentuated with rusticated brick quoins, and there is a flush brick plinth outlined in darker brick. The parapet has stone coping and rectangular brick panels outlined in darker brick, along with a stone cornice band.

The central bay is canted at the first floor and parapet. On either side, there are four horned sash windows with three panes by four panes and glazing bars on the ground floor, and similar upper hung casements on the first floor. The central stone doorcase features a moulded stone surround with angle pilasters that have stylized capitals and moulded bases, topped with stone finials resting on the cornice. The entablature bears the house name, and there is a pair of doors with three raised and fielded panels each, below an overlight with glazing bars arranged in a diamond pattern. The first floor window above the door has a moulded stone surround and is also composed of three panes by four panes.

Darker brickwork is used in the flat arches of the windows and their surrounds, extending above and below to create apron-like panels beneath the first floor windows and a shallower feature of only three courses beneath the ground floor windows. The south face features a central pedimented bay with a first floor window in a stone surround. A single storey housemaster's accommodation has been inserted at the front of the facade. The northern arcaded service court features a northern arch that fills the top of the H-plan, showcasing various sizes of brickwork in the detailing of the capitals. Drake is one of ten identical houses for pupils.