Hurstpierpoint College

HURSTPIERPOINT COLLEGE LANE 1. 5405 Hurstpierpoint College TQ 21 NE 19/100 26/6/80 II

1. St John's College, Hurstpierpoint, was the second school established by Nathanial Woodard, founded in 1849. In 1850 it was established in The Mansion House Hurstpierpoint and in 1853 moved into its permanent buildings. These were designed by R.C.Carpenter but largely built after his death by his partner, William Slater, and his son, R.H. Carpenter. They are in Gothic style and built of flints with tiled roofs. They form 2 quadrangles, the southern one open on the south side, with narrow pointer or trefoil-headed ws. The chapel and Hall form the north side of the north quadrangle. The Chapel at the east end has 7 bays, 4 of them projecting beyond the esst side of the quadrangle. Pointed w. of Decorated type flanked by buttresses. At the west end of the Chapel are short transepts which form an ante-chapel, lit by a larger similar w. and above a tower added in 1929. The interior has very beautiful intern stalls. To the west again is a small covered passage, also adder in 1929 to join the Chapel to the Ball. the latter is on the first floor with the diningroom beneath it. These have 5 bays flanked by buttresses. The ws. on the first floor have flatter pointed heads, Those on the ground floor consist of pairs of trefoil-headed lancets.

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