Seale-Hayne Faculty, University Of Plymouth

Seale-Hayne Faculty, University of Plymouth is an agricultural college built between 1909 and 1914 by Gutheridge and Gutheridge. It is constructed of red brick with Portland stone dressings, and has slate roofs with stone-coped gable ends. Brick axial stacks are present.

The building is arranged around a quadrangle, with a carriageway passing through a gatehouse tower in the centre of the south side, and the main entrance block situated centrally on the north side, facing a courtyard. The architectural style is Free Tudor.

The south front has a 1:7:4:7:1 bay arrangement with projecting gabled wings to the left and right. These wings feature large canted bays on the ground floor, containing segmental arch tripartite windows. A large central gatehouse tower has octagonal corner turrets with bands of brick and stone, battlements, and loops to the upper stages. The tower includes a segmental moulded carriageway arch with blind tracery and a carved stone armorial device above, and a rib vault to the carriageway. Stone mullion windows, with sashes and glazing bars, are found throughout the elevations, with ground floor windows featuring segmental arches and transoms.

The north range includes a slightly advanced central section with an elaborate stone doorway, featuring a wide moulded segmental arch, side and overlights, blind tracery, and arms above. A large 3-light mullion-transom window sits above, with battlements and a clock tower topped with an ogee dome and a wrought-iron weather vane.

The Dean’s study contains a segmental plaster vaulted ceiling, panelling, an overmantel with shell niches, and a moulded plaster coat of arms.