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Perceval House is a building in
The school was situated in a former noble residence in Dartmouth Row, Blackheath, adjacent to Dartmouth Chapel (later replaced by the Church of the Ascension). The building housed a girls school, run by a Miss Sapienta Stone, from 1835 to 1850, and, at the time of the FA's foundation, housed a military training school (1860-1885) run by William Keizer, captain of Blackheath Golf Club.
Built in the 1680s as a private residence for
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, London
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which gave its name to a military training school; in October 1863, the school's football team became a founder-member of The Football Association
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, the body which regulates football
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in England.
The school's representative on the inaugural meeting of the Football Association was G.W. Shillingford. He, along with his colleagues from the other Blackheath-based teams at the meeting, favoured a form of football allowing "hacking" and handling of the ball, similar to rugby
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; when this was rejected by the majority of the teams as they attempted to formulate one agreed set of rules, no-one from Perceval House was represented at the fifth meeting of the F.A. in December 1863 and nothing further was heard from them.
Building
The school was situated in a former noble residence in Dartmouth Row, Blackheath, adjacent to Dartmouth Chapel (later replaced by the Church of the Ascension). The building housed a girls school, run by a Miss Sapienta Stone, from 1835 to 1850, and, at the time of the FA's foundation, housed a military training school (1860-1885) run by William Keizer, captain of Blackheath Golf Club.
Built in the 1680s as a private residence for George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth
George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth PC (c. 1647 – 1691) was an English Royal Navy officer, who was appointed Admiral of the Fleet by James II in September 1688. However, he failed to intercept the invasion force under William III that landed ...
, it was later renamed Spencer Perceval House (Spencer Perceval
Spencer Perceval (1 November 1762 – 11 May 1812) was a British statesman and barrister who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination in May 1812. Perceval is the only British prime minister to ...
's half nephew John Viscount Perceval occupied the house from 1814 to 1822). The building was divided in two in 1890. Both Spencer House and Perceval House survive and are Grade II* listed buildings. It was described by Pevsner Pevsner or Pevzner is a Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Aihud Pevsner (1925–2018), American physicist
* Antoine Pevsner (1886–1962), Russian sculptor, brother of Naum Gabo
* David Pevsner, American actor, singer, da ...
:
:"... the finest houses of all are further round the heath, in Dartmouth Row. Spencer Perceval House was built towards the end of the 17th Century. The keystone faces, with classical masks are particularly fine. It is an unusually interesting Carolean building."
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