Howe

Howe is a boys' hostel built around 1925 to 1933 by Buckland and Heywood. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and some darker brick accents. It features a hipped plain tile roof behind a brick parapet and has an H-plan layout with identical east and west fronts. The structure is two storeys high and consists of nine bays.

The exterior includes rusticated brick quoins and a flush brick plinth outlined in darker brick. The parapet has stone coping and rectangular brick panels, also outlined in darker brick, 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 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 has a moulded stone surround and also consists 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 form apron-like panels beneath the first-floor windows and a shallower feature of only three courses below the ground-floor windows. The south face features a central pedimented bay with a first-floor window in a stone surround.

Additionally, there is a single-storey housemaster's accommodation inserted at the front of the facade. The northern arcaded service court fills the top of the H-plan, showcasing various sizes of brickwork in the detailing of the capitals. Howe is one of ten identical houses for pupils.