Witham Hall Explained

Witham Hall
Coordinates:52.7379°N -0.4459°W
Established:1959
Type:Preparatory day and boarding
Religious Affiliation:Church of England
Head Label:Head
Head:William Austen[1]
Founder:William Banks
City:Witham on the Hill
Bourne
County:Lincolnshire
Country:England
Postcode:PE10 0JJ
Local Authority:Lincolnshire
Urn:120727
Dfeno:925/6015
Staff:39
Enrolment:251[2]
Lower Age:4
Upper Age:13
Gender:Mixed
Houses:Lyons, Tate, Maitland and Banks
Website:http://www.withamhall.com

Witham Hall is an independent boarding and day school situated in Witham on the Hill, Lincolnshire, England.[3]

The hall

The house is described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner in Buildings of England. The core of the house, consisting of five bays between the east front and the west front, dates from 1752 to 1756, although its style, especially its moulded window surrounds, is characteristic of the earlier 18th century. No features from the Georgian Period remain inside. The exterior was redeveloped, between 1903 and 1905, by Andrew Noble Prentice, who created an H-shaped plan for the house and added a range on the east side. Along the drive, stretching from the west side of the house to the main entrance, is a sequence of three pseudo-Jacobean arches, dating from 1876, 1830, and 1906, respectively.[4] The hall and its arches are Grade II listed buildings.

The stable block was converted to a music school in 1979 by Rex Critchlow.[5]

The school

Witham Hall opened as a preparatory school in 1959. Witham Hall School is a feeder school for public schools. It was described in 2014 as 'a first-rate establishment – almost worth having another baby for’ by one parent.[6]

Peter Stanley Lyons was headmaster, 1961–1989.

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Witham Hall Preparatory School, Bourne.
  2. Web site: Witham Hall Preparatory School, Bourne.
  3. Web site: ISBI listing.
  4. Book: The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire: Entry for Witham Hall, in Witham-On-The-Hill. Pevsner, Nikolaus. Penguin Books. 1964. 715.
  5. Book: Pevsner, Nikolaus. The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire. Second Edition. Penguin Books. 1989. 0140710272. 808. en.
  6. Tatler, Guides, Schools Guide 2014, Prep, Witham Hall School
  7. News: Victoria Cross awarded to former Witham Hall pupil Joshua Leakey. 18 April 2015. Stamford Mercury. 18 April 2015.