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The chapel is designed in the traditional cathedral fashion and comprises a large nave, with a pipe organ and choir stalls at the rear (west end), transepts including the vestry on one side, the lay chapel on the other, and the sanctuary, which is raised, (and takes the form of a quarter sphere) and
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Chandler Houses for senior boarders.
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The former Storey House was converted to common room facilities for the senior boarding houses, and more latterly, as the premises of the pre-primary school. It was renamed the Roy Gordon
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The school maintains links with a number of independent schools in South Africa, participating in the annual
Independent Schools Rugby and Cricket festivals and has derby day fixtures with
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The project commenced in 1985 with the demolition of the sanatorium, adjacent to the then Storey House. The new (current) Chandler/Twells block was built on this site.
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facility for boarders). Chandler and Twells
Cottages, providing accommodation for the masters of the respective boarding blocks, were retained.
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Oubaas Storey's House, home to the school chaplain until the completion of new Dunn House, was transformed into a museum and visitor's centre.
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Hickling Field (and pavilion), named for Colin
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worked for a number of years to reinstate the school, and the school reopened in January 1916 on its present site on General
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Bailey Hall - adjacent to Ferrandi Block, hosts examinations and gymnasium facilities, 1929
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houses the altar. Communion is taken at the top step of the sanctuary.
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Walter Carey Library - within the Ferrandi Block precinct, 1938
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