Lancing College, The East And West Quadrangles

Lancing College comprises the East and West Quadrangles, founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard and initially housed at Shoreham-by-Sea. The earliest buildings, the north, west, and south sides of the Lower Quadrangle, were designed by R C Carpenter and constructed between 1853 and 1855, with completion by his partner, William Slater, between 1855 and 1866. These buildings are constructed from knapped flint with stone dressings and quoins, and have slate roofs. They are designed in the Gothic style, featuring casement windows. The north and south sides are three storeys high with attics, each with twelve windows and three gabled dormers. A projecting cloister occupies the ground floor, featuring large pointed windows with cusping and a sloping roof; upper windows contain two or three trefoil-headed lights. The west side is two storeys high, with a similar cloister but not projecting. A central gable is topped with two tall windows and a clock face. Eight smaller gables flank the central section, each containing a single window. The hall on the east side was designed by R C Carpenter’s son, R R Carpenter, and built between 1866 and 1867, with seven window bays flanked by buttresses, four elaborate dormers, and an octagonal wooden turret with a shingled spire. A detached building, erected in 1930 and designed by the Headmaster, Dr Blakiston, in matching style, stands in front of the remainder of the east side. This building has two tall gables and one dormer, and features windows of two, three, or four lights with trefoil-headed lights, alongside a pointed doorway.

The Upper Quadrangle’s south and east sides were designed by William Slater, the north side by R H Carpenter, and the west side by Maxwell Ayrton, completed in 1913. The quadrangle is two storeys high, with twenty windows per side. Cloisters with pointed arches run along the north, west, and south sides. The east side features a central, projecting octagonal turret with a polygonal shingled roof, while the north side has a central five-sided projection with a similar roof. Three large "Decorated" windows are present. In the northwest corner stands a taller, gatehouse-style building, five storeys high with three windows, and a castellated parapet. Two projecting turrets mark the angles. The west front features a central, gabled projection with a stair turret to the southwest. The buildings are listed partly for their historical significance as core structures within Nathaniel Woodard’s educational scheme.