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Buyers found for two former private schools in South Croydon
EXCLUSIVE: The slow saga of the closure of Old Palace School may be about to take a significant step over the future of its former prep school, while Coombe House by Lloyd Park, offered at £6m, is ‘sold subject to … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Housing, Oakwood, Old Palace, Planning, Property, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Coombe House, Croydon, Knight Frank, Melville Avenue, Oakwood School, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Prep School, Old Palace School, PACT Educational Trust, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
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Lloyd Park listed building Coombe House for sale for £6m
Another impressive Croydon heritage building is being placed on the property market, potentially to be bought for residential development. The 263-year-old GradeII-listed Coombe House sits next to Lloyd Park, and has a host of period features, including what was thought … Continue reading
Grinling Gibbons and saxifrage: hidden secrets of Lloyd Park
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The moving of sites between two Croydon private schools will create a misnomer for the building being used in Lloyd Park, according to ANTHONY MILLS, who provides some history and background to the site The transfer of the … Continue reading
Posted in Cedars School, History, Lloyd Park, Oakwood, Schools
Tagged Cedars School, Geoffrey Harris House, Grinling Gibbons, Lloyd Park, Oakwood School
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Two private schools to move into vacated Virgo Fidelis site
Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, on how an Opus Dei Catholic education trust is paying the £5m cost of repairs to a grand Gothic building in Upper Norwood, while Croydon Council Tax-payers are still getting stung with a £4m bill … Continue reading
Posted in Cedars School, Education, Lloyd Park, Oakwood, Purley, Schools, Virgo Fidelis
Tagged Cedars School, Lloyd Park, Oakwood School, Purley, Upper Norwood, Virgo Fidelis Convent School
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Croydon pupils among guests at Hawking’s Abbey memorial
Four pupils from a group of independent schools based in Purley and South Croydon were among the hundreds of specially invited attendees at last Friday’s Service of Thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey for Professor Stephen Hawking. The pupils were chosen from … Continue reading
Posted in Cedars School, Oakwood, Schools
Tagged Oakwood School, PACT Educational Trust, Purley, South Croydon, The Cedars School
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