Description

LAWRENCE SHERIFF STREET
1.
5397
(South Side)
Doctor's Wall at Rugby School
SP 5074 NW 2/84

II GV

2.
Low red brick wall with buttresses separating School flame garden from The Close.
Granite tablet inscribed: "This stone commemorates the exploit of William Webb
Ellis who with a fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time
first took the ball in his arms and ran with it thus originating the distinctive
feature of the Rugby Game. AD 1823". Included for historical interest.

New and old Quad Buildings, School House and Doctor's Wall at Rugby School form a]
group with the Chapel and War Memorial Chapel at Rugby School Dunchurch Road.]

Listing NGR: SP5032474924

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26286578

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)