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Stowe School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) for pupils aged 13–18 in Stowe, England. It opened on 11 May 1923, initially with 99 schoolboys, and with J. F. Roxburgh as the first headmaster.
Stowe School opened with its first 99 pupils, mainly aged 13, on 11 May 1923. There were two boarding Houses, Bruce and Temple, then both in the western part of the mansion.
But how did it become a school for 900 pupils from its original use as a ducal palace for one family? We'll look at the events from 1889 to 1923 from the decline of a leading aristocratic family to the creation of a new public school before modern times paved the way for modernisation.
In the mid-to-late 1800's, Stowe was blessed with 19 different schools comprising the Village School and 18 other "neighborhood" or District Schools, as they were called. Built in 1878 , the West Branch Schoolhouse was located at the corner of Luce Hill Road and Mountain Road.
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Stowe School and the National Trust (1920s–today) The estate was sold in July 1921 for £50,000 to Harry Shaw, followed by further sales of contents and statues in 1922. There was another sale of the estate in October to the governing body that would later form Stowe School.
Stowe House is a grade I listed country house in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the home of the private Stowe School and is owned by the Stowe House Preservation Trust. Over the years, it has been restored and maintained as one of the finest country houses in the UK. Stowe House is regularly open to the public.
History of Stowe House. Delve deeper into the tales of Stowe's past. Choose from a variety of history articles which navigate the family's rise and fall, the growth of this ducal palace and Stowe's transformation into a boarding school.
