Issue 2 Winter 2008 (6.3 MB) - Blundell's School

C LASSIC V IEWThe main building on the Horsdon site wasdesigned by Messrs Haywards andconstruction by Langdon and Poole began in1879; the total cost was £13,137s.2s.8d. The19th Century campus was collected aroundthe main building with mature elm trees andhedges shielding the road. The hedges were removed in1965 to incorporate the new Dining Hall and Big School.The chapel was consecrated in 1883 and in 1892 the choirvestry room was built as a ‘lean-to’ against the west wing.This was to be closely followed by the spire; a memorial toT.U. Cross who died in 1897.The ‘Christ in blessing’ sculpture by OB Alain John 1933-37,added in 1938, was a famous product of the Willi Soukopand Harry Phillips Workshop.