Cottesmore School
Cottesmore is a preparatory school in the United Kingdom, founded in 1894. It is full boarding.
| Cottesmore School | |
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| Address | |
Buchan Hill , West Sussex , RH11 9AU England | |
| Coordinates | 51°05′15″N 0°12′58″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Prep School |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Established | 1894[1] |
| Founder | Geoffrey Davison Brown |
| Department for Education URN | 126106 Tables |
| Headmaster | Tom Rogerson |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 4 to 13 |
| Enrolment | 200 |
| Colour(s) | Blue and pink |
| Website | https://www.cottesmoreschool.com |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Main building to Cottesmore School |
| Designated | 28 November 1980 |
| Reference no. | 1027012 |
History
Cottesmore was founded by Geoffrey Davison Brown in 1894 in Hove, East Sussex. He named the school after Cottesmore, Rutland, where he was born. The new buildings for the preparatory school were officially opened on 19 June 1897.[2] Davison Brown served as headmaster until his death in 1929, aged 60.
In 1940 the school was evacuated from the south coast of England, to Wales, initially to the Oakeley Arms Hotel, Tan-y-bwlch, Merioneth, and later to a former workhouse in Cors-y-Gedol Hall, near Barmouth, until the end of the war.
The school moved to its present site at Pease Pottage after World War II in 1946. The school is housed in a Grade II-listed[3] Victorian mansion known as Buchan Hill that was built in 1882–3 by Philip Felix Renaud Saillard.[4][5] The building is a large Elizabethan-style house, designed by the architects Ernest George and Harold Peto.[6] Buchan Hill had been purchased in the early 19th century by Thomas Erskine (Lord Chancellor 1806–1807), son of the Earl of Buchan.
Notable alumni
- Gordon Chater, actor and comedian[7][8]
- Robert Hanbury Brown, astronomer
- Robin Niblett, director of Chatham House
- Thomas Sopwith, aviation pioneer[9]
References
- Margaret Smallwood (2008), Cottesmore School (PDF), Independent Schools Inspectorate
- The Morning Post (London, England), Monday, March 29, 1897; pg. 5; Issue 38941. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II.
- Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1027012)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- Mark Girouard (1971), The Victorian Country House, Clarendon Press, p. 8
- Jill Franklin (1981), The Gentleman's Country House and its Plan, 1835-1914, Routledge & Kegan Paul, p. 257
- Historic England. "Main building to Cottesmore School (1027012)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- The Almost Late Gordon Chater, Bantam Books, 1996, ISBN 9781863597975
- Cottesmore School, Educated School Guide, archived from the original on 9 December 2014, retrieved 9 December 2014
- The Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 20, 1929