architects Henley Halebrown

Memorial Hall, Marlborough College Marlborough 2014–

The Grade II listed Memorial Hall (1925) commemorates World War I. Today the auditorium is used for a wide range of activities including school assemblies and professional concerts. The modernisation of the Hall will improve facilities both front and back-of-house. A new foyer, increased capacity, improved sight lines, an enlarged stage, and new dressing rooms will enable it to fulfil its potential as a home for drama and professional concerts.

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This dusk view shows how the Memorial Hall will look after modernisation. Glass columns illuminate new back stage facilities beneath the forecourt and introduce a further symbolic dimension to the building

Cartoon perspective section showing how a line of glass columns illuminate new back stage facilities beneath the forecourt and introduce a further symbolic dimension to the building

Hall, following modernisation, with the back-of house entrance pavilion to the left and the gable of the new crescent-shaped foyer at the end of the path (centre)

Cartoon of new precinct between the Memorial Hall and Science with the back-of house entrance pavilion (centre), crescent-shaped foyer (left), chapel and Memorial Rose Garden (right)

The Memorial Hall, as it will look with the addition of the new crescent-shaped foyer following modernisation. The Grade II listed 1930s Science building on the right is located immediately south of the Hall

Cartoon of foyer interior with the Neolithic Mound and Science (right)

The masterplan creates a new public space between the Hall and Science. Public realm improvements here recognise the importance of the Neolithic Mound from which, todate, the campus has turned it back

A new accessible path connects the Hall to Court some 3m above (chapel, dining hall, library, various boarding houses and classrooms). The forecourt maintains the formal relationship between Hall and chapel

Auditorium level plan with new crescent-shaped foyer (top), new back-of-house entrance pavilion (lower left) and reconfigured stage. All areas of the building are made fully accessible by the design

Section through new crescent foyer, auditorium and new circle, lowered stage (integrating stage lifts), and back stage facilities beneath the forecourt

Cartoon of auditorium interior with new circle and lowered stage

Hall and crescent-shaped foyer evident above the ornamental hedgerows of the Memorial Rose Garden. The Neolithic mound is to the left and Victorian Neo-Gothic chapel to the right

Technical

Appointment: 2014

Client: Marlborough College

Theatre Consultant: Theatre Plan

Acoustic Consultant: Gilleron Scott Acoustic Design