Figure 1.--This wonderfully lit drawing room of an old mannor house was converted to be a quiet, at least relatively quiet, reading room for the children. Current magazines and daily newspapers were available.
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Figure 1.--This wonderfully lit drawing room of an old mannor house was converted to be a quiet, at least relatively quiet, reading room for the children. Current magazines and daily newspapers were available. |
Many of the old manor houses converted to prep schools were not designed for educational purposes and thus were in many ways not well suited for school purposes. Of course this varied from school to school. But often considerable imagination had to be used when converting the houses for school use. In another sence, however, many of these buildings had a homey feel to them that can not be created by a more steril pirpose-built school building. The various rooms such as setting rooms and drawing rooms often have a certain charm. They often had large windows looking out on the grounfs of the estates. Schools varied on how these rooms were used. They may have been retained for the head master's study or used for rooms like a classroom, library, reading room, multipurpose room, or rooms for a variety of other purposes. Often the result were rooms that provide a wonderful warm environment for the children.
