Today I have found a new vintage postcard of the house, and this one has the date written on the back, which pleases me greatly as it's so much more informative to get a date for images. This image is taken in winter, whilst the one in the other post is taken in summer. I believe this is the earlier image, as the other has the addition of what looks like an entrance porch, seen where the two buildings join together. However I could be wrong, as modern day images of the house (see last image) show no porch now. So it's possible that it's the other way around.
The modern day image of the house (above) also shows the reduction, from three floors to two, of the building on the right. I wonder when that happened? Perhaps when it ceased being a school? Also shows bay window enlargement on left, and the windows have changed in style. It is a beautiful house, in a lovely secluded position, and I always admire the top of it peeking out from over the hedge when I walk the footpath behind it through the fields from the village pond.
Hi Kate. The house was purpose built as a school and operated as such until about 1863 after which it was sold to the Kemballs who lived there for 51 years. It was sold again in 1916 to the Pitts and then to the Pasteurs in 1935. It was the Pasteurs who remodelled it by removing the school kitchens and reducing the height of the dormitory block.
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