The building of a new girls boarding house continued the School's ongoing review of onsite accommodation. 

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The new boarding house will accommodate 24 students while also boasting living facilities, common rooms as well as gardens and terraces. 

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The building is made up of two blocks connected by a glazed bridge at the first floor. The main block is two storeys with external terraces between first floor accommodation volumes. 

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The second block is is partially sunken providing three floors, a House Master's flat and study bedrooms. 

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The main entrance opens into a double height common room/kitchen. Open stairs connect the study bedrooms overlooking the common room. The bridge spans the path to the second block containing further study bedrooms. 

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The ensuite study bedrooms have been developed along with the school, based on previous Queen's and Stanhope Houses. 

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The building was designed from the aspirations of being an energy efficient building with low energy inputs and enabled by a highly insulated envelope and glazing and high air-tightness levels.