Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Purcell's
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Description area
Dates of existence
1981-
History
Founded in 1981 as a girl’s boarding house, Purcell’s settled on its current name in 1995 to celebrate the composer’s tercentenary.
Henry Purcell was the organist at Westminster Abbey and may have studied at Westminster.
Places
Originally located in Barton Street, the house can now be found in St Edward’s, on the corner of Great College Street and Tufton Street. Before its acquisition by the school, the building had been an Anglican monastery.
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Control area
Authority record identifier
GB-2014-WSA-01876
Institution identifier
GB 2014
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created by Felicity Crowe, Archives and Records Management Assistant, February 2020.
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Sources
Westminster School Archive; Tanner, Lawrence, 'Westminster School: Its Buildings and their Associations.'