The Grove, Harrow School: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
{{AfC submission|||ts=20240430193028|u=Daftation|ns=118}} |
|||
{{AFC submission|d|nn|u=Daftation|ns=118|decliner=Mach61|declinets=20240118145551|ts=20240118123632}} <!-- Do not remove this line! --> |
{{AFC submission|d|nn|u=Daftation|ns=118|decliner=Mach61|declinets=20240118145551|ts=20240118123632}} <!-- Do not remove this line! --> |
||
{{AFC submission|d|mergeto|Harrow School|u=中国第一|ns=118|decliner=Timtrent|declinets=20231126190745|small=yes|ts=20231126173535}} <!-- Do not remove this line! --> |
{{AFC submission|d|mergeto|Harrow School|u=中国第一|ns=118|decliner=Timtrent|declinets=20231126190745|small=yes|ts=20231126173535}} <!-- Do not remove this line! --> |
||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| ⚫ | |||
{{Infobox school |
{{Infobox school |
||
Revision as of 19:30, 30 April 2024
 | This article, The Grove, Harrow School, has recently been created via the Articles for creation process. Please check to see if the reviewer has accidentally left this template after accepting the draft and take appropriate action as necessary.
Reviewer tools: Inform author |
| This article, The Grove, Harrow School, has recently been created via the Articles for creation process. Please check to see if the reviewer has accidentally left this template after accepting the draft and take appropriate action as necessary.
Reviewer tools: Inform author |
| This article, The Grove, Harrow School, has recently been created via the Articles for creation process. Please check to see if the reviewer has accidentally left this template after accepting the draft and take appropriate action as necessary.
Reviewer tools: Inform author |
| The Grove | |
|---|---|
 The Grove, photographed in 2016 | |
| Address | |
 | |
1 Church Hill, Harrow on the Hill , Middlesex , HA1 3HP England | |
| Coordinates | 51°34′28″N 00°20′11″W / 51.57444°N 0.33639°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Boarding house |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 13 to 18 |
| Capacity | ~70 pupils |
| Colour(s) | Blue and red |
| Housemaster | C.S. Tolman |
| Assistant Housemaster | R.R. McMahon |
| Matron | M.P. Sears |
| Demonym | Grovite |
The Grove(/ðəˈɡrəʊv/), is a boarding house for Harrow School, in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England[1]. The Grove was converted into a boarding house in 1820 and is a Grade II listed building.[2] It was constructed around 1094, as a rectory to St Mary's Church, Harrow on the Hill[3]
History
The Grove was initially constructed as a rectory for St Mary's Church, Harrow on the Hill. It served as a manor house for several archbishops of Canterbury.
Between 1778 and 1784, playwright and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan was a resident of the house alongside his wife, Elizabeth Ann Linley.
In 1820, S.E. Batten purchased the rectory manor, named it 'The Grove', and commissioned it as a boarding house for Harrow School.[4]
In 1830, following Batten's death, Benjamin Hall Kennedy, English scholar and schoolmaster, became housemaster
In 1833, the house experienced a fire, and most of the house burned down, leaving only the front facade and a few cellars. The house was rebuilt in 1836.
From 1836 to 1881, Rev. T.H. Steel was the longest-serving housemaster, with a term of 37 years.
Edward Ernest Bowen, founding member of the Football Association became housemaster in 1881 and purchased the house from the Batten family for fourteen thousand pounds[4]. Bowen refurbished the house, establishing single rooms for almost all boys resident in the manor.
Following Bowen's death in 1901, the house was bequeathed to the school.
In 1915, boys from the Church Hill House, another boarding house, moved to The Grove, combining them.
In September 2016, the Grove started a refurbishment campaign that added new common rooms, a new entrance, new accommodation for the assistant housemaster and matron, as well as a new tutors' room for one-to-one support[5]. It was completed in 2020, in time for The Grove's 200th anniversary as a boarding house.
The house celebrated its 200th anniversary as a boarding house in 2020.
Notable Grovites
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Born 1751): Writer, playwright, and politician
- Sir George Otto Trevelyan (Born 1838): British statesman and author
- George Macaulay Trevelyan (Born 1876): British historian and academic
- Walter Monckton (Born 1891): lawyer, politician, and advisor to Edward VIII
- Victor Rothschild (Born 1910): British WWII intelligence officer, adviser to the Thatcher and Heath governments, and biologist.
- Sir John Mortimer (Born 1923): British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author.
- General Sir Peter de la Billière (Born 1934): former director of the SAS and commander-in-chief of the British Army
- Sir Jeremy Greenstock (Born 1943): British former diplomat, former Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
- Maro Itoje (Born 1994): International rugby player for England
References
- ^ "The Houses - Harrow School". www.harrowschool.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "THE GROVE, Non Civil Parish - 1192932 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "The Houses - Harrow School". www.harrowschool.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ a b "The Harrovian". The Harrovian. Vol. 106. 1997-10-17.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "The Grove Campaign - Harrow School". www.harrowschool.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-30.