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Croftinloan , , PH16 5JS | |
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Type | Preparatory school |
Established | 1936 |
Founder | Hugo Brown |
Closed | 2000 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 5 to 13 |
Croftinloan Preparatory School was a co-educational private preparatory school near Pitlochry, Scotland.
Croftinloan School was established in 1936 as a boys' prep school by Hugo Brown, a former pupil at Monkton Combe School and graduate of Christ's College, Cambridge. [1] Hugo Brown bought the residential and sporting estate of Croftinloan in 1935 from Mr. J Paterson Brown, who used Croftinloan House as a shooting lodge. [2] The estate was originally owned by members of the Atholl-Fergusson family. [3]
In April 2000, the Governors announced that the school would close in June.[ citation needed]
In 2013, Croftinloan House was demolished to make way for a housing development. [4]
Hugo Brown, the founding headmaster bought the property and started the school in 1936
The residential and sporting estate of Croftinloan, near Pitlochry, which was acquired by Mr J Paterson Brown from the former proprietor, Mrs (Mary Stewart Mitchell) Gwyer, eight years ago, has been disposed of by private treaty to Messers Robertson & Brown, C A, Glasgow, on behalf of clients, and it is understood that the mansion-house is to be used as a private school for boys
The estate, which was originally owned by a branch of the Atholl-Fergusson family, who also for a time held the neighbouring property of Middlehaugh, was subsequently for over 50 years in the hands of the late Admiral Jack Murray, whose wife was a daughter of Sir Neil Menzies of Weem
Croftinloan School | |
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Address | |
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Croftinloan , , PH16 5JS | |
Information | |
Type | Preparatory school |
Established | 1936 |
Founder | Hugo Brown |
Closed | 2000 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 5 to 13 |
Croftinloan Preparatory School was a co-educational private preparatory school near Pitlochry, Scotland.
Croftinloan School was established in 1936 as a boys' prep school by Hugo Brown, a former pupil at Monkton Combe School and graduate of Christ's College, Cambridge. [1] Hugo Brown bought the residential and sporting estate of Croftinloan in 1935 from Mr. J Paterson Brown, who used Croftinloan House as a shooting lodge. [2] The estate was originally owned by members of the Atholl-Fergusson family. [3]
In April 2000, the Governors announced that the school would close in June.[ citation needed]
In 2013, Croftinloan House was demolished to make way for a housing development. [4]
Hugo Brown, the founding headmaster bought the property and started the school in 1936
The residential and sporting estate of Croftinloan, near Pitlochry, which was acquired by Mr J Paterson Brown from the former proprietor, Mrs (Mary Stewart Mitchell) Gwyer, eight years ago, has been disposed of by private treaty to Messers Robertson & Brown, C A, Glasgow, on behalf of clients, and it is understood that the mansion-house is to be used as a private school for boys
The estate, which was originally owned by a branch of the Atholl-Fergusson family, who also for a time held the neighbouring property of Middlehaugh, was subsequently for over 50 years in the hands of the late Admiral Jack Murray, whose wife was a daughter of Sir Neil Menzies of Weem