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Prior's Field School, Puttenham 14th April 2026
Visit to Prior’s Field School, Puttenham, Surrey, GU7 2HR Tuesday 14th April 2026 11.00am – 2.30pm
The building now housing Prior’s Field School started life as a modest house, Prior’s Garth, designed by CFA Voysey and built, in 1900, by Voysey’s builder Frederick Muntzer for FH Chambers as a straightforward rectangular structure with a plain hipped roof. Chambers did not take up residence, however, but sold the house to Leonard and Julia Huxley. The school itself was founded in 1902 by Julia Huxley, a progressive educationalist, as a ‘High Class School for Girls’. We shall see the best parts of the original house containing many original features, as well as later extensions (1904) on behalf of the school by Voysey’s pupil, Thomas Muntzer. We shall also see the Rose Garden, which was laid out to designs by Getrude Jekyll.
Our visit to Prior’s Field School, which we last visited in 2011, will start with tea/coffee and biscuits at 11.00am. We shall then have a tour of the building, both internally and externally, and of the gardens. Our tour ended, we shall go on to The Withies pub in nearby Compton for a buffet lunch. Drinks will be for you to purchase as you wish.
Tickets: ACMS members £34, Non-Members £37 - Morning coffee and Lunch included.
Deadline for booking: 7th April
Travel: Independently by car. Directions and parking details will be sent prior to the event.
Please enter any dietary requirements under 'special requirements' on the booking form