Kimbolton School
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| Motto | Spes Durat Avorum (Latin: "Let the hopes of our forefathers endure") |
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| Established | 1600 (Earliest references from 1531) |
| Type |
Public school Independent school |
| Religion | Inter-denominational |
| Head Master | Jonathan Belbin |
| Deputy Head Master | Mark Eddon |
| Founders | Henry Balye and William Dawson |
| Location |
Kimbolton Cambridgeshire PE28 0EA England |
| DfE URN | 110925 Tables |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 4–18 |
| Houses | Four in the Preparatory School, and five in the Senior School - Ingrams for I and II forms, then split up into Dawsons, Balyes, Gibbards and Owens from the III Form to the UVI Form. |
| Colours |
Purple, White and Black |
| Publication | The Kimboltonian |
| Former pupils | Old Kimboltonians/OKs |
| Website | www |
Purple, White and Black
Kimbolton School is a British HMC co-educational independent day and boarding school in the village of Kimbolton, in rural Huntingdonshire in Cambridgeshire, educating approximately 950 boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 18, with boarding starting at age 11. The school is in Kimbolton Castle, the former seat of the Dukes of Manchester.
Kimbolton School has had a strong role within the village of Kimbolton since it was founded in the 16th century. The school originally occupied buildings within the Churchyard, but moved to new premises in Tilbrook Road in the late 19th century.
Charles Edward Montagu, the 4th Earl who was created Duke of Manchester in 1719, had many works of reconstruction carried out between 1690 and 1720. Sir John Vanbrugh and his assistant Nicholas Hawksmoor redesigned the facades of the castle in a classical style, but with battlements to evoke its history as a castle; the portico was later added by Alessandro Galilei. The Venetian painter Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini redecorated some of the reconstructed rooms in 1708, including the main staircase and the chapel. Rich, gilded furnishings in a Louis XIV-inspired style were commissioned from French upholsterers working in London.
Robert Adam produced plans for the castle gatehouse and other garden buildings, including an orangery. Only one of these buildings, the gatehouse, was constructed in around 1764. Mews buildings were added to provide stables, and an avenue of Giant Sequoias was planted in the 19th century.
The Senior School is based in the grounds of Kimbolton Castle, and its Preparatory School is based at the other end of the village, but is connected to the senior school via 'The Duchess Walk', a tree-lined pathway. The grounds total over 190 acres (77 ha). The school is the successor to the village grammar school; although there are references to a school at Kimbolton as early as 1531, the generally accepted date for the foundation is 1600. In 1949 it was renamed from Kimbolton Grammar School to Kimbolton School, and the following year it bought the Castle from the Duke of Manchester.
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