Brighton College

Founded in 1845 by William Aldwin Soames, Brighton College was the first independent school to be founded in Sussex. The historic gothic buildings were designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott R and, later, Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, including the design of an ornate Tudor style entrance tower to Brighton College in 1887, which was left unbuilt. As the school has evolved, so too has the campus, with numerous award-winning buildings being added over the years.

In 2013, the school approached RGA to design a tower for the main entrance, to become a landmark for the school. 130 years later, we have finally completed the tower, in terracotta on a brick core, to serve as the Headmaster’s study and meeting room. The steel frame of the cupola and pinnacle was erected at ground level, then hoisted onto the tower by crane.

The tower has already become the symbolic image for the school.