Building record TQ 55 SW 421 - Main Building, Brittains Lane, Sevenoaks

Designed in 1898 by notable architect Edwyn Evans Cronk who also designed the Carnegie Free Public Library at the top of The Drive, now a candidate for national listing, it was constructed in 1899 by local long-standing builders Richard Durtnell & Sons. The New Beacon School opened at the beginning of January 1900. One of its first pupils was the World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon. The New Beacon originally had around 40 rooms and catered for up to 60 full-time boarders. It now has around 400 pupils (all boys). The main school building is largely original but other buildings have been added, many since the 1980s. (1)

<1> Sevenoaks District Council, Sevenoaks District Council Local List of Heritage Assets (Index). SKE53505.