Old College with attached lamps, Royal Military Academy

The Old College with attached lamps, part of the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, is a military academy and barracks constructed in 1807 and completed in 1812. The design is attributed to John Sanders, who was the architect for the Barrack Department. Later additions include rear accommodation wings constructed in 1862 following a trident plan, and a canteen dating to around 1910.

The building is primarily stucco with a hipped slate roof, while the rear barracks ranges are of yellow stock brick. The building has a symmetrical, axial plan with a central chapel and a rear canteen, with wings set back and the trident-plan barracks behind.

The architectural style is Greek Revival. The external facade is two storeys and an attic, featuring a long symmetrical front with a first-floor cill band, a cornice, and a parapet. A projecting central hexastyle Greek Doric portico with a coat of arms in the pediment leads to a large six-panel double door. Flanking the portico are twelve-window ranges, with the end three windows set forward. The windows are largely 6/6-pane sashes with ground floor cornices and first floor shouldered architraves. A single-storey, five-bay colonnade links the building with seven-bay blocks and the end three-window pavilions. The rear cadets' accommodation is three storeys high, also with 6/6-pane sashes. A canteen was added to the rear in the early 20th century, similar in style to that at the New Building.

The interior of the central range features a flagged axial corridor with a cantilevered open well staircase with cast iron balusters. A central flagged hall connects to a chapel at the rear, which includes a segmental vault and Ionic corbels. Flanking the hall are mess rooms with panelled wainscotting and two-panel doors with reeded panels, along with a Greek key frieze. A central first-floor room has a shallow domed ceiling and a reeded fireplace with decorative panels. The canteen has glazed tiled walls. The trident wings incorporate cantilevered dogleg staircases with column newels and stick balusters.

Attached corner cast iron openwork lamps are also part of the complex.

The Royal Military College at Sandhurst was established in 1799 as a junior officers’ training college, following the model of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. The original design was by James Wyatt, surveyor to the Office of Works, and began under Alexander Copland, both of whom were later removed from the project. John Sanders altered Wyatt's design, notably enlarging the portico.

The Old College is an impressive and early example of the Greek Revival style, overlooking a parade square and set within fine landscaped grounds. It forms part of a group of historic buildings at Sandhurst.