Belmont School (Surrey)

Belmont is an independent co-educational school in Surrey which takes pupils from the ages of 2 to 16. The school is a charitable trust, administered by an independent Board of Governors.

Location

Belmont is located in 65 acres of woodland on a hill to the east of Holmbury St Mary. The school is a mile north-west of Leith Hill in the Surrey Hills AONB.

History

Belmont School was founded in 1880 as a day school in London. The school subsequently moved to the village of Westcott, Surrey, before moving to its current location in 1955.

Architecture

Belmont is centred on the Grade II-listed Victorian mansion, Feldemore, an arts and crafts house, which includes work by William Morris and William de Morgan. The house was built for Edwin Waterhouse, co-founder of the accountancy practice of Price Waterhouse.[1] The main house was destroyed by a fire in 1991, but has since been rebuilt and restored.

Footnotes
  1. Historic England listing

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