Founders Building - Royal Holloway College - Egham
The architect never had photographers in mind when building this ensemble.
I cannot even fit two full sides into the viewfinder.
This huge Egham campus was founded in 1879 by the Victorian entrepreneur and philanthropist Thomas Holloway.
Royal Holloway College was created as a women-only institution, and was officially opened in 1886 by Queen Victoria. Royal Holloway College became a member of the University of London in 1900. In 1945, the college began admitting male postgraduate students, and in 1965, male undergraduates.
In 1985, Royal Holloway College merged with Bedford College (another formerly all-women's college in London which was founded in 1849 and, like Royal Holloway College, joined the University of London in 1900 and became fully co-educational in 1965).
The merged college was named Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (RHBNC), this remaining the official registered name of the college by Act of Parliament. The campus is dominated by the Founder's Building, a Grade I listed red-brick building which is modelled on the Château de Chambord in the Loire Valley in France.