Dawlish College

Aerial shot taken from Google Earth of the area of the school and surrounding area, unedited.

Aerial shot taken fron Google Earth showing the area of the school and surrounding area with some of the key features picked out.

A shot of the house from the southern side showing the ornamental rose garden, on the far left of the picture is visible part of the long conservatory which was the schools dining room. Extreme right behind the yew bushes was the front terrace, this used to be for staff to park their cars. The terrace in the centre of the picture runs along the school library.

Aerial shot of the school looking roughly North to South.

Obelisk on the hill overlooking the school

Members of the schools ATC squadron.

School photo.

The main staircase, a grand impossing affair. Pupils were banned from using it, instead using two staircase towards the rear of the house. But it didn't stop us from sneaking up and down it. This shot is from halfway down it and looks down towards the garnd hall.

Looking up the grand staircase from the grand hall.

The grand hall lined with life size statues of the various monarch's of England. This was the first view to greet you upon entering the main entrance of the house. For a kid who has never been away from home walking through the main door and seeing this, it is an awesome impression on one's mind, one that stays forever.

The school church, once the original Mamhead village church. But when construction of the stately home for the Baron of Exeter was started, it necessitated the demolition and destruction of Mamhead village.

View of the castle, this originally housed the stables etc for the main house, and was built about the same time. It was built using the local red sandstone unlike the main house. As a school it housed a number of classrooms, woodwork shop, metalwork shop and rooms for the shool's ATC squadron.

Another shot of the castle from the southern side from the area behind the main house.

A shot of the main drive leading up to the main entrance of the house on the northern side, from the looks of the picture additional parking has been created on the right. A feature that wasn't in existence when I was here, also the drive appears to be extensively tarmacked. As my memory serves, it was only the upper parts that were treated so, here and the lower parts being gravel.

Closer shot towards the main entrance.

Main entrance of the house leading to the grand hall.

A group of picture showing the house from different angles. Visible in the lower left one of the four photos below the terrace is a small green house and hut, these were used by the schools gardener who looked after all of the school grounds, gardens etc and kept them in an immaculate condition. Besides that he grew an extensive range of produce for use in the school's kitchen. He was a real Devon country bumpkin, knew his stuff, no doubt about that. Us kids were the bane of his existence, climbing all the various trees and bushes, making camps and dens all over the place. I can still hear him "Get out of Yea Trees! You Bugger's!"

School photo with some of the pupils identified.

Some of the Master's I do remember are Mr Panton = Science and Metalwork, Mr Sparrow "Splodge" = Chemistry and Biology, Mr Waters = English, Mr Grahm = Woodwork, Mr Jackson "Jacko" = Maths (when he left Mr Blythe started), the "Chef" (never knew his name, he was always the "Chef" to us), House Master's Mr Hoatson "Hobbie Hoatson" and Mr Bellamy.

Front shot of the main house's eastern elevation from down near the swimming pool.

The school swimming pool, clearly in need of some TLC. I can remember many a baking hot summer's day when Master's such as Mr Water's dispensed completely with lesson's and took the class down to the pool for a dip, much to the joy of us pupils.

Main entrance of the house.

Main entrance to the castle, this was situated higher up the drive.