Office Block, Art School And Staff Accommodation Adjoining West Side Of Wellington College

This building is an office block, art school, and staff accommodation, constructed around 1900. It is located on the south side of Dukes Ride, adjoining the west side of Wellington College.

The structure is made of red brick in English bond, featuring stone dressings and a hipped slate roof, which is lower over the staff accommodation. The layout is long and rectangular, with the staff accommodation at the southern end and the art school at the northwest corner, connected to the office block by a four-bay colonnade.

The exterior consists of single and two-storey sections, with some areas having attics. It is adorned with several tall chimneys that have offset and corniced heads. The windows are sash style with glazing bars. The office block has a stone plinth and moulded brick strings at both the ground floor and first floor levels. The eaves cornice is moulded wood with egg-and-dart ornamentation. The north front features four-bay windows, with the left-hand bay recessed. The windows are set in projecting brick surrounds with moulded segmented heads and stone sills that have scroll decorations. The return front on the west has 18-bay windows and brick pilasters arranged in a pattern of 2:4:2:3:3:1:3, with the last three bays forming a projecting hipped gable.

The staff accommodation section is lower and has eleven bays, with a simpler design. The entrance door is located in bay six, framed in stone with a segmental head, while bay eleven features a semicircular headed opening. The linking section between the two blocks is two storeys with attics and includes a central pedimented dormer in a mansard roof, along with two oeil-de-boeuf windows at the upper first floor level.

The art school is built in red brick Flemish bond with stone dressings and is a single storey with a hipped roof. It has a high stone plinth with moulded base and top, and moulded wooden eaves with egg-and-dart ornamentation. The windows are in projecting surrounds of brick with alternating stone bands and segmental heads featuring keystones. The north and south fronts each have three-bay windows, while the west front has five bays. There are external chimneys that are truncated above eaves level, with moulded cornices and scrolled tops at their bases, and two roof lanterns with ogee tops.

The interior has not been inspected.