Bearwood College
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| Motto | Scholae Semper Fidelis |
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| Established | 1827 |
| Type | Independent day and boarding school |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Head | Donald Wilkinson |
| Academic Deputy | George D. Penlington |
| Chairman of Governors | Mrs E. Langley |
| Location |
Winnersh, Wokingham Berkshire RG41 5BG England Coordinates: 51°24′55″N 0°53′01″W / 51.4154°N 0.8837°W |
| DfE URN | 110137 Tables |
| Students | 491 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 3 months–18 years |
| Houses | Blake Drake Grenville Jellicoe Cook Nelson Raleigh |
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| Patron | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Website | www |
Bearwood College is an independent school providing education for girls and boys between the ages of three months and 18 years old, located near Wokingham, in the English county of Berkshire.
In about 1830, John Walter (1776–1847), owner of The Times newspaper, purchased the 5,000-acre (20 km2) estate in which the school is now located. His son, also called John Walter (1818–1894), employed architect Robert Kerr to build a mansion within it as his country seat. Erected 1865–74, it is one of the largest Victorian country houses in England. Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as "the climax [of country mansions], and in its brazen way one of the major Victorian monuments of England" and "as far as scale is concerned, and the disregard for what we pygmies would call domestic comfort, Bear Wood is indeed nearer to Blenheim than to our poky villas"
The bricks used in the building were created from clay extracted from what is now California Country Park, once part of the estate. A dam was constructed around the site, which was then flooded to form the 47-acre (19 ha) Longmoor Lake.
The mansion was acquired by Sir Thomas Devitt and Sir Alfred Yarrow after the First World War, and the Royal Merchant Navy School moved there from Snaresbrook in March 1921. The Royal Merchant Navy School was originally a Merchant Seamen's Orphanage, founded in October 1827 in the City of London. The purpose of the orphanage was to care for the children of those who were lost at sea, whilst educating them. By 1862, the orphanage with the support of Albert, Prince Consort (the husband of Queen Victoria) and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (a British prime minister), had raised enough money to construct new buildings at Snaresbrook. In 1902, Edward VII approved the application of the title "Royal" to the establishment, and George V changed the name of the orphanage to the Royal Merchant Navy School. The school moved from Snaresbrook because of circumstances relating to the First World War.
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