Witham Hall is an independent boarding and day school situated in Witham on the Hill,

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

, England.

The hall

The house is described by

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (19 ...

in ''Buildings of England''. The core of the house, consisting of five bays between the east front and the west front, dates from 1752 to 1756, although its style, especially its moulded window surrounds, is characteristic of the earlier 18th century. No features from the Georgian Period remain inside. The exterior was redeveloped, between 1903 and 1905, by Andrew Noble Prentice, who created an H-shaped plan for the house and added a range on the east side. Along the drive, stretching from the west side of the house to the main entrance, is a sequence of three pseudo-Jacobean arches, dating from 1876, 1830, and 1906, respectively. The hall and its arches are Grade II listed buildings. The stable block was converted to a music school in 1979 by

Rex Critchlow Rex Critchlow (1936–2010) was an architect and industrial designer based in Lincolnshire Life and career Born in Southampton the third son of William Critchlow, an Esso Oil executive, and Emily (née Leach), Critchlow was educated at Grosveno ...

The school

Witham Hall opened as a preparatory school in 1959. Witham Hall School is a feeder school for public schools. It was described in 2014 as 'a first-rate establishment – almost worth having another baby for’ by one parent.Tatler, Guides, Schools Guide 2014, Prep, Witham Hall School Peter Stanley Lyons was headmaster, 1961–1989.

Notable alumni

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British High Commissioner to Malawi

References

External links

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