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fiendicus
24-06-2009, 01:02 PM
Some history :

Prior to Bellerby's taking over this school in about 1995 it was known as Mayfield College. Mayfield was founded by the Duchess of Leeds as an Orphanage. In 1868 a Roman Catholic Order of Religous Brothers, known as the Xaverians Brothers, moved from Hastings to run Mayfield College as an independent boys boarding school. The school continued to flourish under the direction of the Brothers until 1977 when, due to a shortage of vocations into the Brothers, the school was taken over by the Mayfield College Educational Trust. It retained strong links with the Brothers several of whom still lived and taught at the College.

However in about 1995 the Trust felt unable to continue the administration of the school and it was sold to Bellerby's of Wadhurst, they changed the name of the school to Bellerby College, Mayfield. The school has now closed down; about two years ago. In its day Mayfield College owned its own Prep. School at Waldron in East Sussex. This was known as School of St Edward the Confessor, but was often refered to as 'Foxhunt'.



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fiendicus
24-06-2009, 01:03 PM
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nehl13
11-07-2009, 07:44 PM
wow amazing photos. Nice report

derelictus
11-07-2009, 09:12 PM
That's a nice find... love the architecture and the table with all the paperwork still there. :)

BA
11-07-2009, 10:09 PM
great pics, that place is in good condition :)
Like the shots of the entrance hall :thumb

Muse
14-07-2009, 09:58 AM
That's a fine looking building

evilnoodle
14-07-2009, 10:19 PM
Absolutely beautiful!

wolfism
17-07-2009, 03:10 PM
Cheers for posting this - I remember seeing photos of it around 2 years ago, but they were posted anonymously, so couldn't work out what/ where it was. Liking the canopy in pic 4, and the encaustic tiles in pic 6. :)

fiendicus
20-08-2009, 04:25 PM
Thanks for the comments :)



Was there a security guard back then?

No idea mate. Didn't see anyone on the day

Rochester
22-08-2009, 08:55 AM
Very nice indeed fiendi..