Dormitory Block, North East of the East End of the Chapel at Wellington College is a Grade II listed building in the Bracknell Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 2002. Dormitory. 1 related planning application.

Dormitory Block, North East of the East End of the Chapel at Wellington College

WRENN ID
tattered-tower-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bracknell Forest
Constituency
Bracknell MP: Peter Swallow (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 2002
Type
Dormitory
Address
Dormitory Block, North East of the East End of the Chapel at Wellington College, Dukes Ride, Crowthorne
OS grid reference
SU 832 634
Coordinates
51.36371, -0.80533
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The dormitory block, located to the northeast of the east end of the Chapel at Wellington College, was built in 1866 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. It is constructed of red brick in English bond and features a slate mansard roof with a central louvred turret.

The building has a long rectangular plan and consists of two storeys and attics. The west front is symmetrical and includes sash windows with glazing bars. On the ground floor, there is an arcaded cloister with 14 bays, each featuring round-arched heads; the end bay on the right is narrower and smaller. Above the cloister, there is a moulded cornice and a string course at the level of the first-floor window sills. The eaves cornice is also moulded.

The first-floor windows have recessed brick surrounds with segmental heads and keystones. The central window is flanked by pedimented niches, with a bronze statue in the niche on the left. There is a blind window recess at the right-hand end. The attic windows alternate between single light and two-light designs, each topped with pediments; the pediments over the single light windows are semicircular.

The dormitory block forms the east side of a large court, with the chapel enclosing the south side and Wellington College to the west. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Dormitory Block, North East of the East End of the Chapel at Wellington College sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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