Ardingly College

Ardingly College was founded in 1858 as St Saviour's College, the third school established by Nathaniel Woodard. Initially located in St Mary's House, Shoreham-by-Sea, the college moved to its current site and the buildings were designed by William Slater and R H Carpenter. Construction began with the laying of the foundation stone on 12 July 1864.

The complex forms a complete ‘H’ shape with open sides facing north and south. The School House (south wing) was built in 1864-5, and the Headmaster's House, balancing it, followed between 1865 and 1870. The Dining-room and Assembly-room (in the central block) were also built during this period. The North School (now the Junior School) was added in 1880, and the Chapel completed the central block between 1875 and 1883. Cloisters were constructed in 1892, joining the School House and the Headmaster’s House along the south face of the central block. A New Wing was added to balance the North School in 1926-7.

The buildings are constructed in a Gothic style, using red brick with tiled roofs. The Chapel, at the east end of the central block, comprises four bays flanked by buttresses, each containing a window of Decorated style. It extends further two bays east of the southeast and southwest wings. A base exists for a tower above the roof, though no spire was built. A pointed carriage archway leads through the central block, providing access to the courtyard, with an oriel window above. West of the archway are the Dining-room and Assembly-room, featuring five pointed windows on the first floor and five triple-lancet windows below. The North School (Junior School) has three sills, 12 windows, three gables, and six gabled dormer windows, with windows consisting of pairs of lancets. The New Wing, to the northeast, is four storeys high with 16 windows and six gables. A bay window extends along all floors at the south end of the New Wing, with the other windows being casement windows of two tiers of three lights.