Houses
| House Name | Composition | Colours | Named after | Motto | Founded | Housemaster/Mistress |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carr (C) | Boarding/Day Boys | Dr. William Carr | Pro Christo et Patria Dulce Periculum | 1883 | Mike Day | |
| Crawfurd (Cr) | Boarding/Day Girls | Sir Raymond Crawfurd, Member and former Chairman of Council | Durum Patientia Frango | 1935 as a Day Boys House | Helen Keevil | |
| Fayrer (Fa) | Boarding Boys | Sir Joseph Fayrer | Quo Aequior eo Melior | 1897 as a Junior Boys House | Stuart Head | |
| Forest (F) | Boarding Boys | An early College Benefactor | Semper Forestia | 1883 | Jim Stephens | |
| Granville (G) | Boarding Boys | Earl Granville | Frangas non flectes | 1883 as 'Gilchrist'. Renamed 1884. | Rob Young | |
| Hart Smith | Closed 1965 | Former Headmaster Rev. T.N. Hart-Smith-Pearse | 1931 for Foundationers aged under 13 | n/a | ||
| Holman (H) | Boarding Boys | Treasurer Sir Constantine Holman | 1897 as a Junior Boys House | Ian Holiday | ||
| Propert (P) | Day Boys | Founder John Propert | Dyfalad | 1883 as Boarding Boys House | Andy Wolstenholme | |
| Raven (Rv) | Day Girls | Dame Kathleen Raven, Member of Council | Faith in Adversity | 1999 | Chris Baverstock | |
| Robinson (Rn) | Day Boys | Henry Robinson, Chairman of Council | Virtute non Verbis | 1968 | Charles Conway | |
| Rosebery (R) | Day Girls | The Earl of Rosebery | 1926 as a day boys house became girls in 2008 | Katie Cloonan | ||
| White House (Wh) | Boarding 6th form Girls | Original Building Name | 1976 | Celine Winmill | ||
| Wilson (W) | Boarding Girls | Sir Erasmus Wilson | Expecta Cuncta Superna | 1871, as an independent Boarding Boys House, named 1883 & incorporated into the College 1914. | Kirsty Todd |
House colours are seen in the stripes in the ties worn by the majority of boys (those not wearing colours or prefects' ties); on a rectangular brooch worn by the girls; and at the neck of school pullovers. They are also used in house rugby and athletics tops. }
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“The name of the town isn’t important. It’s the one that’s just twenty-eight minutes from the big city. Twenty-three if you catch the morning express. It’s on a river and it’s got houses and stores and churches. And a main street. Nothing fancy like Broadway or Market, just plain Broadway. Drug, dry good, shoes. Those horrible little chain stores that breed like rabbits.”
—Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993)
“Midway the lake we took on board two manly-looking middle-aged men.... I talked with one of them, telling him that I had come all this distance partly to see where the white pine, the Eastern stuff of which our houses are built, grew, but that on this and a previous excursion into another part of Maine I had found it a scarce tree; and I asked him where I must look for it. With a smile, he answered that he could hardly tell me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Wherever there’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a cop beating up a guy, I’ll be there. I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad. I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry and they know supper’s ready. And when the people eat the stuff they raise, and living in the houses they build, I’ll be there, too.”
—Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)