EPW037550 ENGLAND (1932). Garston Manor and gardens, Garston Manor, 1932
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| Title | [EPW037550] Garston Manor and gardens, Garston Manor, 1932 |
| Reference | EPW037550 |
| Date | April-1932 |
| Link | |
| Place name | GARSTON MANOR |
| Parish | ABBOTS LANGLEY |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 511118, 201578 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.3918672459729, 51.701469612456 |
| National Grid Reference | TL111016 |
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Garston Manor - a Georgian Grade II listed building constructed in 1812. Now the St Andrews Montessori School. It was a rehabilitation centre in the 1960s and 1970s. Headmistress Sheila O'Neill bought the mansion in a poor condition from the local council and it has since featured in Channel 4's Country House Rescue series - details here: www.channel4.com/programmes/country-house-rescue/episode-guide/series-3/episode-6 |
 MB |
Wednesday 23rd of January 2013 10:17:48 AM |
Surely Montessori Schools would have a head teacher rather than a headmistress. There is an important philosophical difference in the meaning of the titles.... headmistress does not sit well with the Montessori ethos. |
 Maurice |
Tuesday 22nd of January 2013 07:54:59 AM |
The actual wording from the Channel 4 web site: 'Sheila O'Neill and her daughters plan new money-making schemes, including a UFO academy, at their Georgian home. Garston Manor is a Grade II listed Georgian house on the outskirts of Watford, built in 1812. Headmistress Sheila O'Neill bought the house as a wreck for £500,000 from the local council with dreams of turning the decrepit building into a school. Thirteen years later and the Montessori school is just about breaking even. But attempts at diversifying into a wedding and conference venue have failed. Sheila and her children, four daughters in their 30s and 40s, all live in self-contained flats on the upper floors of the house, with three of them even teaching in the school ...' |
MB |
Wednesday 23rd of January 2013 10:17:48 AM |
Much of the area around Garston Manor has become built up, development being attracted by the construction of the main road to the south and east - see EPW037557. Today the area is a focus for Motorway development (the M25 and its various off shots) and much of the landscape is typical of the rural/urban fringe being neither truly rural or truly urban. While the Manor house and the grounds appear much the same there are additional buildings in place of the summer house. |
Maurice |
Tuesday 22nd of January 2013 08:01:57 AM |
Garston Manor's earlier history is provided on Wikipedia - it was established by Augusus Cavendish Bradshaw and was known as 'High Elms Manor' until the 1890s. Details here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Elms_Manor |
MB |
Monday 21st of January 2013 06:54:30 PM |