Westbrook Hay School is a culturally significant great house located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, that has housed the independent Westbrook Hay Prep School since 1963.
| Westbrook Hay School | |
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.jpg) Westbrook Hay School seen from the golf course | |
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| , , HP1 2RF England | |
| Coordinates | 51°44′20″N 0°30′57″W / 51.7388°N 0.5158°W |
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| Type | Independent school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Anglican Church of England |
| Campus size | 26 acres (11 ha) |
Listed building
editWestbrook Hay was built in the 17th century and remained in the ownership of the Ryder family (Richard Ryder, then Granville Ryder and then Dudley Ryder)[1] until the Second World War, after which it became the headquarters of the Hemel Hempstead New Town Development corporation.[2]
A Grade II listed building on the National Heritage List for England,[3] Westbrook Hay School is in a rural location on 26 acres of parkland overlooking the Bourne valley, off the A41 between Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire.[4]
During the 1950s, the 590 m (650 yd) drive became the Westbrook Hay Hill Climb.[5] The building began housing a school in 1963, and it was listed on the National Heritage List in 1966 as "Westbrook Hay School".[3]
Prep school
editWestbrook Hay Prep School is a co-educational independent school for children from rising 3–16 years. Augustus Orlebar, a former housemaster at Radley College, established the school in 1892 in Bedford as a boarding school for boys. It moved to Hinwick House near Wellingborough shortly thereafter, when it was named "Hinwick House School",[6] and then to Gadebridge House in Hemel Hempstead in 1914.[7] The school remained there until the Commission for New Towns forced it out of those premises as part of the development of the new town in 1963.[8] That year the school moved to Westbrook Hay and took its present name.[4]
Alumni
edit- Deji Olatunji – English entertainer[9]
- Alex Hales – English cricketer[10]
- Raef Bjayou – British entrepreneur and television presenter[11]
- Luke O'Nien – English professional footballer[12]
References
edit- ^ "Granville Ryder". UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "The Orange Walk – Woods & Meadows of Westbrook Hay". Box Moor Trust. 2009. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Westbrook Hay School (Grade II*) (1348435)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Welcome". Westbrook Hay Preparatory School. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ Motor Sport, September 1953, Page 462.
- ^ Prospectus for Hinwick House School. Principal. 1905.
- ^ "Our history". Westbrook Hay School. Retrieved 11 August 2013. Archived 29 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Gadebridge House/School". Hemel Today, The Gazette. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "The Cricketer Schools Guide 2021 by The Cricketer – Issuu". issuu.com. 15 December 2020. p. 146. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Alex Hales: 10 facts about one of the rising stars of English cricket". Cricket Country. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "Raef Bjayou: What Raef did next". Great British Life. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ Dickson, Mark. "Independent Schools Football Association – Notable Current Players – Men". www.isfa.org.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2022.