Mount House School, Tavistock
| Mount House School | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
Tavistock | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent school Day and boarding school Co-educational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Established | 1881 |
| Founder | Miss Parker and Miss Tubbs |
| Closed | 2014 |
| Head Master | Paddy Savage |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 3 to 13 |
| Former pupils | OMH |
Mount House was a coeducational independent school situated in the outskirts of Tavistock, Devon; there was an associated preparatory school for primary school children. In June 2014, the school formally merged with Kelly College to form Mount Kelly School.[1]
The school had fifty acres, including playing fields, set on the edge of Dartmoor and including a stretch of the River Tavy.
History[]
Mount House School was founded in 1881 by Miss Parker and Miss Tubbs at Alton House, Tavistock Hill, Plymouth. In 1890 the school moved location to North Hill, Plymouth (now the site of St Matthias church hall[2]), moving in 1900 to larger premises at Mount House, Approach Road, Plymouth (Tubbs's birthplace). Plymouth was heavily bombed in World War II and the school re-located to a 50-acre site at Mount Tavy in 1940. The school became a charitable trust in 1984, becoming co-educational in 1996 with a pre-prep established for 3 to 7-year-olds.
Facilities[]
Facilities that were available at Mount House:-
- All-weather pitch
- 3 grass pitches for rugby, football, cricket and rounders
- 700 square metre indoor sports hall
- 2 squash courts
- Out door cricket nets
- 3 cross country courses
- Netball court
- 9 hole golf course
- 25m heated outdoor swimming pool
- Boating lake
Notable former pupils[]
- Ed Bye, film and TV producer and director
- Philip de Glanville,[3] former England Rugby captain
- Christopher Hitchens,[4] journalist
- Peter Hitchens,[5] author and writer
- Lord David Owen,[6] former Foreign Secretary and Leader of the SDP
- Lewis Pugh, endurance swimmer and ocean advocate
- David Somerset, chief cashier, Bank of England
- Paul Tyler, Liberal Democrat MP for Bodmin
References[]
- ^ http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/kelly-college-mount-house-school-announce-merger/story-21741010-detail/story.html
- ^ "Category:St Matthias' Church, Plymouth - Wikimedia Commons". commons.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "Union marks beginning of new era".
- ^ www.whataboutawebsite.co.uk. "The Mount House School Association".
- ^ "Two of the Westcountry's most prestigious schools to merge". 17 March 2014.
- ^ "The University of Liverpool ~ SC&A ~ Home".
- Defunct schools in Devon
- Educational institutions established in 1881
- Educational institutions disestablished in 2014
- Boarding schools in Devon
- Tavistock
- 1881 establishments in England