Houses
There are four houses, named after Medieval and Elizabethan figures connected with the school and the city of London.
| House | Named after |
|---|---|
| Queen's | Queen Elizabeth I |
| Walworth | William Walworth, former Lord Mayor of London |
| Taverner | Richard Taverner, Bible translator |
| Lovekyn | John and Edward Lovekyn, benefactors |
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“A new disease? I know not, new or old,
But it may well be called poor mortals’ plague:
For, like a pestilence, it doth infect
The houses of the brain ...
Till not a thought, or motion, in the mind,
Be free from the black poison of suspect.”
—Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)
“It breedeth no small offence and scandal to see and consider upon the one part the curiosity and cost bestowed by all sorts of men upon their private houses; and on the other part the unclean and negligent order and spare keeping of the houses of prayer by permitting open decays and ruins of coverings of walls and windows, and by appointing unmeet and unseemly tables with foul cloths for the communion of the sacrament.”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still!”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)