Charterhouse School
The Charterhouse School is a traditional, elitist private school ( Public School ) in Godalming in Surrey in England. The school was founded in 1611 in accordance with the will of the merchant Thomas Sutton at the site of a former monastery on the Charterhouse Square in Smithfield, London, with money from his estate. Even today, the students as Carthusians ( Carthusian ), the former are referred to as Old Carthusians or OCs. The annual school fee was 2011 for tuition, accommodation and meals £ 29,430.
History
The school was moved in 1872 from London to its present location in Godalming. The designed by architect Philip Charles Hardwick school buildings were erected on a hill above Godalmings. In addition to the main buildings at that time the three boarding houses Saunderites, Verites and Gownboys were built.
Today, the school includes the following Boarding Houses ( listed by year of establishment, the school's abbreviation and color of each building ):
- Saunderites (S - Orange )
- Verites (V - gray, turquoise, and black)
- Gownboys (G - Dark Red )
- Girdlestoneites ( g - white)
By 1875, the following "new" houses were founded:
- Pageites (P - Pink)
- Lockites (L - Light Green Yellow)
- Weekites (W - Red )
- Hodgsonites (H - Blue )
- Daviesites ( D - green)
- Bodeites (B - yellow)
- Robinites (R - Purple )
Until the 1970s into Charterhouse was an all-boys school; but meanwhile achieve a good third of students successfully graduate from school ( A-level ).
The Charterhouse School was only one of the English public schools, in which the modern game of football was developed in the founding of the English Football Association (FA) 1863 present, but was not the actual founding members. However, the Football Association took over in 1867 favored by the Charterhouse School and Westminster School rules of the game. The Old Carthusians FC, play school in the former students who won in the season 1880/81 FA Cup.
Famous Old Carthusians
Joseph Addison and Richard Steele met in the 1680 - years in the Charterhouse School know. In addition, the founder of Scouting, Robert Baden -Powell made there, as well as its conclusion the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Among the internationally -known graduates of the school in the 20th century include the founding members of the rock band Genesis and science historian Geoffrey Lloyd.