Dean Close School History Timeline

The 1886 Centre opened

The Day Village

The Poppy Cloister

The formation of Dean Close Foundation 

Addition of a prep school and nurseries 

Remembering ODs who lost their lives in World War I

The Carducci Quartet 

Arrival of Schola Cantorum

The Pavilion rebuilt 

First visit to Nyakatukura School

The opening of Brook Court 

Theatre renamed in honour of Christopher Bacon

The Music School

The New Art School 

The construction of the New Theatre

The Edwards Building

The Centenary Year celebrations 

Christopher Turner arrives at Dean Close with his wife, Lucia 

Field House Badge 

Crater pitch, as it became known after the bomb that fell on Big Field.

Edward Ellam with music director, Heller Nicholls, on the Big Field 22nd July 1940.

Midshipman Stephen Mercer-Wilson in the Second World War

Hugh Elder and his wife Mary in what was then the Headmaster's garden with Ross the dog.

The Open Air Theatre under construction.

The temporary chapel was built on the site where the Beaufort building stands today.

Brooke attempting the high jump in 1898.

The Decanian magazine

Formal prize, The Deacon Clock

The first whole school photograph The School Room – Boys in classroom

The original school building when it opened in 1886.

The order of service to mark The Laying of the Cornerstone.