Henry VI founded the school in 1440 as Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore. His plans called for a College Chapel with a nave of 18, possibly 17, bays, which would have made it the longest in Europe. Building stopped after Henry was deposed in 1461, leaving the quire and eight bays. William Waynflete, the first headmaster, completed the chapel with the ante-chapel.
The chapel's wall paintings date from the 1480s. Evie Hone designed the east window, installed in 1952, and John Piper took over the nave windows in 1959. The brick north range of School Yard dates from the 1480s, and Lupton's gatehouse from around 1517. Thomas Rowland built the College Library in 1725 to 1729.
A bomb destroyed part of the Upper School in December 1940. The campus covers 1,600 acres (6.5 km²). The article says the gardens are regularly opened to the public through the National Garden Scheme.
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