Rugby, School House c.1955
Photo ref:
R69026

More about this scene
By 1740 the original premises were very dilapidated; the Manor House at the south end of High Street was purchased for £1,000 to provide a new Master's House. A new school, very similar in design to the old school, was built on the site of the present School House Hall (School House is shown in R69026, right). In 1777 an Act of Parliament allowed for the founding of Exhibitions and the appointment of assistant masters, and thus in 1778 Dr Thomas James became the first Headmaster. A firm disciplinarian and a fine classical scholar, Dr James introduced a tutorial system, along with praeposters or monitors, served by fags, and Dames' houses in the town, where boys could board. By 1790 the school roll had soared to 240.
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