History of Burys Court
Burys Court was completed in 1876 as a home for Edward and Georgiana Charrington. The successful Charrington brewery in the East End of London had made Edward a very wealthy man. He designed the traditional Victorian front of the building and Georgiana designed the gable ended section at the rear.
In 1930, a Miss Sheard founded Burys Court Girls' School with the motto 'Learn to Live'. In 1939 it was taken over by Lloyds Insurance, then in 1946 Burys Court opened as a hotel. In 1952 it was sold out of the family for the first time, to Kenneth Farnsworth, who opened Bury's Court Preparatory School for Boys in September of that year.
In 1963, the school was sold to Mr and Mrs F W White, who ran the school with their son Donald until 1982. In 1983, Donald's brother Peter came out of the Services to help his brother continue to run Burys Court as joint headmasters. Formerly a boarding school, many forces and diplomatic service children attended while their parents were serving abroad.
In April 2005, the brothers sold the school to Moon Hall School, a not for profit charity founded by Berry and David Baker, which currently has a thriving dyslexia specialist school in Holmbury St Mary near Dorking.
