Marlborough College Memorial Hall, Wiltshire Building Refurbishment, Architecture Images
Marlborough College Memorial Hall
WW1 Commemoration in southwest England – design by Diamond Schmitt Architects / Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt
9 Nov 2018
Marlborough College Memorial Hall Refurbishment
Design: Diamond Schmitt Architects and Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt
First World War Commemoration
Location: Wiltshire, southwest England, UK
Marlborough College Memorial Hall Building Refurbishment
RENEWED MEMORIAL HALL AT MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE COMMEMORATES CENTENARY OF END OF WORLD WAR ONE
Toronto — The refurbishment of an iconic building on the campus of Marlborough College in the UK is being recognized on the centenary of the end of the First World War, and for which Memorial Hall was created. Diamond Schmitt Architects and Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt have re-established the building?s original purpose as a theatre and memorial while preserving its character and unique ambience.
Photos: Andy Matthews
The 600-seat heritage-listed structure opened in 1925 and has staged spoken word, music and plays by generations of Marlburians. It is also a place of sombre reflection that commemorates the 749 members of the Marlborough community lost in the Great War and whose names are engraved in stone around the perimeter of the hall.

?It was important that the modernisation of Memorial Hall remain true to the original architecture,? said Matthew Lella, Principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects. ?Where poss...