Royal Holloway College

Described by Pevsner as the most ellubrient Victorian building in the Home Counties, the Royal Holloway College, now part of the University of London, stands as an architectural gem in Egham, a stone throw's west of Heathrow Airport.  It is not on any guidebook, although it is considered to be one of the most remarkable university buildings in the UK.  The main building, known as the Founder's Building, was designed by William Henry Crossland, who also designed the Holloway Sanitorium nearby.  The magnificent red brick construction is complemented by stone carvings and stone windows of every conceivable shape and size; its sheer size attests to Victorian engineering of a bygone era.  It is unashamedly grand and imposing.

 

Main entrance

Thomas Holloway (1800 - 1883), the philanthropist
who founded the College in honour of his wife

The magnificent College Chapel