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We note references to two Warick Houses, one in the 19th century and th other in the 20th century. The first WaricknHoyse rfers to a school operating in the 1870s. This was the time when mny prp schools wer becoming establihed a a place to send boys to prepare them fo the public chools, private boarding schools. The second Warick House wa operating in the 1960s. We do not know if the two schools are related.
Warick House appears to have been a preparatory school located in Swansea during the 19th century. Sansea is a city in Wales. We do not believe the school is currently operating, but we are not sure when it closed. We do note CDV portaits from the Andrews Studio of the boys, probably from the early 1870s. We are fairly sure of the dating because the back of the CDV has references to medls won in 1867 and 68. So the portrait was likely taken in 1869 or the early- 70s. A studio would not refer to old medals won because it would suggest they were no longer winning medals. We know that the boys are from Warwick House because the portrait is stampted on the back, "Removed to Warwick House, York Street". This also tells us that the school was located in the city on Tork Street. Presumably this means that the prints and negatives at some point were sent to the school. Unfortunately we do not have any further information about the school or the boys pictured here. The boys look to be about 8 and 11 years old, confirming that the school was a preparatory school. The boys wear long pants suits, neckties, with mortar board caps. The boys are dressed alike, probably because there were brothers. Prep schools at the time commonly expected the boys to wear suits, but not actual uniforms as became common in the 20th century..
A British reader tells us about a 20th century Warick House. "I attended Warwick House in the early 1960s and it emphatically wasnt in Swansea, it was in West Hampstead, London. The school may be the same and could well have dated to the last quarter of the 19th century but it started near where it finished in West Hampstead in London, not South Wales. I think it moved from Prince Henry's Road to Lymington Road at around the time of one of the wars and the move was space-related." Our reader mentions that when he was at Warick House the boys wore a standard English peaked school cap.
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