Buildings : 1970-'74

The Tolansky Laboratory was completed in 1973 as an extension to the Physics Department. It was located adjacent to the Horton Laboratory which had housed the Physics department from the time the college had first opened. In 1983 the Physics department from Bedford College moved in as well and they were joined by further influxes as the assimulation of Westfield and Chelsea Colleges occurred.

Highfield Court was acquired by the College in 1948 and was used initially for staff accommodation and for tennis courts (for staff use). It was the main house on the Highfield Estate where the A30 meets the road into Englefield Green. It was surrounded by 8 acres of land. It came into student use at the beginning of the 70s (possibly end of the 60s - please leave a comment below if you know) and was used for married students.

Work began in 1967

Bourne was a specialist laboratory designed for 250 undergrads and 50 postgrads of Chemistry. It was opened in 1970 opposite Williamson Field. In 1984 the Biochemistry department also moved in. When first built it was a very imposing building but a new building (Wolfson) has now been built (1987) in front of it and it is almost impossible to visualise how it once looked.

A prefab building between the old SU building and the computer room pre-fab to the North. I did a lot of my second and third year in these but they were knocked down (or possibly just fell over) to make room for the Windsor building. The magnificent trees on the rectangles just outside were always a pleasant distraction when the lecturer was not too engaging.