The school buildings were centred on Cotton Hall, a country house used by religious communities from the 1840s until the school moved there in 1873.[1] The school closed in 1987 and the site is now derelict. The school and its chapel (St Wilfrid's church) are both Grade II listed buildings.[2]
Cotton Hall appears to date back to 1630[4] and was most probably built by the Morrice family. Thomas Gilbert rebuilt the house in the eighteenth century. In 1843 Cotton Hall was sold to the Earl of Shrewsbury. The Earl was a prominent Roman Catholic, who lived at Alton Towers nearby. He offered the building to a religious community under the leadership of Frederick William Faber.[5]
Extensionsedit
The house was extended in 1846–1848 for use by the religious community, which started a village school and sought to convert locals to Roman Catholicism. The building work was financed by the Earl, who gave the commission to his architect Augustus Pugin, most famous for his work with Charles Barry on the Houses of Parliament.
After the boarding school moved to Cotton, the building was further extended in 1874-1875, 1886-1887 and 1931-1932.[2]
St Wilfrid's Churchedit
As well as extending the house, Pugin designed a chapel in Gothic Revival style linked to the main building by a single-storey passage building.[2][3] It has a south-west tower with a broach spire.
St Wilfrid's Church remained intact after the closure of the school, although regular services are no longer held there.[1]
cotton, college, this, article, about, college, cotton, england, college, guwahati, india, guwahati, roman, catholic, boarding, school, cotton, staffordshire, united, kingdom, also, known, saint, wilfrid, college, school, buildings, were, centred, cotton, hall. This article is about the college in Cotton England For the college in Guwahati India see Cotton College Guwahati Cotton College was a Roman Catholic boarding school in Cotton Staffordshire United Kingdom It was also known as Saint Wilfrid s College The school buildings were centred on Cotton Hall a country house used by religious communities from the 1840s until the school moved there in 1873 1 The school closed in 1987 and the site is now derelict The school and its chapel St Wilfrid s church are both Grade II listed buildings 2 Contents 1 History of the school 2 Architecture 2 1 Cotton Hall 2 1 1 Original building 2 2 Extensions 2 3 St Wilfrid s Church 3 Notable alumni 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory of the school editThe school was founded in 1763 at Sedgley Park School Wolverhampton now a hotel It was founded by William Errington at the recommendation of Bishop Richard Challoner In 1873 it moved to Cotton Hall The school closed in 1987 due to financial difficulties 3 Architecture editCotton Hall edit Original building edit Cotton Hall appears to date back to 1630 4 and was most probably built by the Morrice family Thomas Gilbert rebuilt the house in the eighteenth century In 1843 Cotton Hall was sold to the Earl of Shrewsbury The Earl was a prominent Roman Catholic who lived at Alton Towers nearby He offered the building to a religious community under the leadership of Frederick William Faber 5 Extensions edit The house was extended in 1846 1848 for use by the religious community which started a village school and sought to convert locals to Roman Catholicism The building work was financed by the Earl who gave the commission to his architect Augustus Pugin most famous for his work with Charles Barry on the Houses of Parliament After the boarding school moved to Cotton the building was further extended in 1874 1875 1886 1887 and 1931 1932 2 nbsp St Wilfrid s Church edit As well as extending the house Pugin designed a chapel in Gothic Revival style linked to the main building by a single storey passage building 2 3 It has a south west tower with a broach spire St Wilfrid s Church remained intact after the closure of the school although regular services are no longer held there 1 Notable alumni editDavid Cashman Bishop of Arundel and Brighton Kieran Conry Bishop of Arundel and Brighton John Cornwell writer Billy Kan Hong Kong billionaire Camille Solon artist Thomas Leighton Williams Archbishop of Birmingham See also editListed buildings in Cotton StaffordshireReferences edit a b History from CottonCollege co uk retrieved 22 December 2014 a b c Cotton College Cotton from British listed buildings retrieved 22 December 2014 a b Pugin s St Wilfrid s Catholic church in Cotton closes BBC 2010 Cotton College War Memorial Historic England Frost Alan 26 July 2006 Frederick William Faber Seattle Catholic Retrieved 12 November 2012 External links editCotton College site 53 0 55 N 1 54 13 W 53 01528 N 1 90361 W 53 01528 1 90361 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cotton College amp oldid 1220860343, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
