Former Taunton's School now Southampton University Avenue Campus

            Taunton's School moved to this site in the Avenue in 1926. It was founded in 1760 by Richard Taunton, the mayor of Southampton and later moved to New Road in 1864. In 1875 it was an endowed school named Taunton's Trade School before later joining the state system as a selective grammar school for boys. 

In the late 1960s Southampton abolished the 11+ exam and the school no longer had a new intake in it reached the sixth form and was renamed Richard Taunton College. 

Originally only boys could join the sixth form college but in 1978 girls was also accepted while at the same time the girl's sixth form at Hill College based at Hill Lane which had itself been the girls grammar school admitted boys. In 1989 these two colleges merged becoming named Taunton's College which used both sites until 1993 when it was based at the Hill Lane site. After this date the Avenue Site was purchased by Southampton University who have since expanded it with their own buildings. 

The site includes a fine Neo Georgian building built around a courtyard and a 1960s extension which had been used by the school with the more recent buildings being built by the university.

Taken on: January 17, 2025

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