Colonel Rattray died at Grosvenor Lodge on the 21 October 1880 and the following year, in February 1881, an advertisement for the lease of the house appeared in the local press: ‘To be let, furnished, for one year from Lady Day next, – A good family residence, known as Grosvenor Lodge, standing in its own Grounds and approached from the road by Carriage Drives, containing noble Entrance Hall, Dining room, Drawing room with Conservatory attached, Breakfast room, Library, four large and lofty Bedrooms, two Dressing rooms, three Secondary Bedrooms, Bathroom, and Servants’ Bedrooms, good Domestic Offices and Cellarage, Walled Gardens with Vinerys and Forcing Houses, small Orchard, Stabling for two Horses, Carriage house, Fowls’ House, &c., &c.’. The original Old School Room was built in 1606, and remains an important communal area for residents of the House. On 30 June 2016, Sir Dermot Turing, himself a former Westcott boy, unveiled a blue plaque at Westcott House commemorating his uncle Alan Turing’s time there. As a response to falling numbers, Westcott House was closed as a School boarding house in 1999 and taken over by Sherborne International. 2022     Ben Sunderland, For further information about the Sherborne School Archives please contact the School Archivist. 1920     Geoffrey O’Hanlon MC (1885-1975) His son, Reginald William Waller (1876-1914), attended Sherborne School (School House) from 1889 to 1890 and was subsequently at Malvern College. 1966     Bill Cooper (1923-2011) Job – named in memory of Martin Shipley Job (1919-1942). Kester took over School House in 2010, having previously been Tutor in Harper House and Senior Tutor at Abbey House. Educated at Universities of Exeter and Edinburgh, Robert came to Sherborne in 2003 to teach Economics and Business and has been running the department for the past ten years. That is what our boys are. Senior boys take their responsibilities to younger boys very seriously, but the real character of the House is seen in the informal relationships across year groups. Your child can join us at any time if there is a place available in their year group. From 1900 to 1920, Grosvenor Lodge was occupied by Dr John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale (1858-1946), the School Medical Officer 1889-1945. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Flickr album: Boarding House: School House, Assistant Matrons: Mrs M Penlington, Mrs L Breddy & Miss H Stratton. sbs-zrtorj5hzt6.stackpathdns.com is using a security service for protection against online attacks. Westcott House was a Sherborne School boarding house from 1920 to 1999. That is the motto of Sherborne’s most historic of Houses, located right by the Courts and at the very centre of the campus. 1936     Reginald Stanley Thompson (1899-1994) Westcott House was a Sherborne School boarding house from 1920 to 1999. He has sung in the Chapel Choir, is Master in Charge of the 1st VI tennis team and has been in charge of several School football teams. In 1919, Geoffrey O’Hanlon purchased Grosvenor Lodge for £3,500 and opened it as a school boarding house on 17 September 1920 with ten boarders. Book Launch - Old Yet Ever Young Old Yet Ever Young is a NEW fully-illustrated history of Sherborne School, written by Patrick Francis and greatly enhanced by … If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Like every House at Sherborne, Wallace House encourages the skills and talents of every boy, whatever his strengths and passions. Kester’s wife, Clare, is the School’s Head of Instrumental Studies and Music School Timetables. In addition to a House Master, each house has a Matron, Assistant Matron, Senior Tutor and one or more Resident Tutors. Robert Frank Courtney Weallens (1905-1944), Westcott House boys’ accounts of the bombing of Sherborne on 30 September 1940, History of Sherborne School’s boarding houses. Two of Dr Whittingdale’s sons attended Sherborne School, John Whittingdale (1894-1974) as a day boy and at Abbeylands from 1908-1913 who later succeeded his father as the School Medical Officer, and Thomas Yeats Whittingdale (1896-1979) who attended Sherborne as a day boy from 1910 to 1913. That is the motto of Sherborne’s most historic of Houses, located right by the Courts and at the very centre of the campus. The building’s rather austere exterior led an American soldier to ask during the Second World War whether it was the town penitentiary. If you have any Safeguarding questions or concerns, please contact our Designated Safeguarding Lead at Allister.Sheffield@sherborne.org. Large additions were made at the back of the premises in 1965-1966. Sherborne is a full boarding school for boys with boarding houses operating on the house system. Our Safeguarding Policy can be found here. O’Hanlon built on additional boarding accommodation for about fifty pupils and in 1925 made over the entire property to the School Governors for £5,000. It is why they are proud to belong. 1952     Frank King (1911-1996) The service requires full JavaScript support in order to view this website. House colours: black and white (formerly the house colours of Maperty boarding house in Westbury). Westcott House was due to reopen to boys from Sherborne School in September 2021, however, due to the Coronavirus lockdown, the planned refurbishment has been delayed and a decision has been made to delay reopening Westcott House until September 2022. Sherborne School is a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (company number: 4002575), and registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (registration number: 1081228). The lease of Grosvenor Lodge was taken over in 1881 by Major General William Noel Waller (1831-1909), retired Royal Artillery. Safeguarding: Sherborne School takes its safeguarding responsibilities very seriously. The fireplace in the common room incorporates the stone door lintel from the town’s former workhouse (now the site of Durrant’s close) which stood on the opposite side of the road from Westcott House and was demolished in 1939. She also tutors in School House, and regularly makes bountiful supplies of cupcakes and brownies for the boys. The oldest portion of Westcott House, formerly named Grosvenor Lodge, was built in the 1860s on the site of an orchard by John Young Melmoth (1806-1876), an Old Shirburnian and a Governor of Sherborne School. The result is a nurturing community in which people look out for their contemporaries, encouraging their success and standing alongside them if times are tough. sbs-zrtorj5hzt6.stackpathdns.com is using a security service for protection against online attacks.

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