Block No 36 Dining Hall And Tower

The Dining Hall and Tower, built in 1909 by Sir Henry Tanner, is located at the Duke of York's Royal Military School in Guston. The building features a pebbledashed exterior with red brick dressings and a plain tiled roof. It is a single-storey structure with nine bays, complemented by a tower and low kitchen wings to the north.

The main elevation showcases a plinth, buttresses, and pilaster strip quoins, along with a wooden modillion eaves cornice that supports two lead cupola air vents. Three large open pedimented projections extend above the eaves, featuring keyed and gauged semi-circular mullioned and transomed windows. The central window has an apron below, while the flanking windows include double half-glazed doors with corner hoods. Six additional mullioned windows are positioned high up to the eaves.

The return elevations are marked by large semi-circular headed windows, with the eaves cornice raised above them and half-glazed doors below. The tall battered tower has clock faces on each side at the top, along with a curving iron balcony, modillion eaves cornice, lead cupola, and flagstaff. The single-storey kitchen and service wings are located to the north and east.

Inside, the hall features a nine-bay barrel vault with prominent transverse ribs and a modillion eaves cornice. The lower walls are panelled, with original seats and benches, as well as four large iron corona lucis fixtures.