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31: 342: 328: 241:, became co-headmaster with Bavin and the institution became known as Mowbray House School. Phillips remained at Mowbray House until his return to Sydney Grammar in 1924, where he ultimately became Headmaster. Bavin continued as Headmaster of Mowbray House until the school closed in 1954 due to his ill-health. 287:
style, with regular multi-paned windows and a symmetrical form. The building has timber eave brackets and unusual corner chimneys. It originally contained a dormitory accommodating twenty-five boarding students. In 1917, a dining room was added to the northern end of building, and modifications to
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Mowbray House was built in 1906 and is a two-storey tuck pointed face brick building with a hipped tile roof and cream cement render on the upper level. It is in the
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depot site. The school buildings included a chapel that is now the Holy Trinity Anglican Church. The building is listed on the local government heritage register.
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The school was opened in 1906 as the Chatswood Preparatory School by Lancelot Bavin (1881–1956), who would later be an
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building as its council chambers. The building became the school chapel in 1906. In 1957, due to public pressure, the
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took possession of the site, and the building was dismantled and relocated stone-by-stone to 44
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Several notable Australians received primary education at Mowbray House School, including
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Beaconsfield Road, Chatswood, where it is now Holy Trinity Anglican Church.
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was preparing the building to be office space for the construction project.
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Willoughby: a centenary history of the municipality from earliest times
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In the late 20th century and until 2016, Mowbray House was part of an
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Frederick Phillips, School is Out, Angus & Robertson (Syd, 1957)
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is a heritage-listed historic building that was an independent,
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Years May Pass On . . . Caulfield Grammar School, 1881–1981
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built a School of Arts on the site. From 1878 until 1903,
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North Shore Times. 709:– via National Library of Australia. 626:– via National Library of Australia. 598:– via National Library of Australia. 572:– via National Library of Australia. 288:the kitchen and eastern façade were made. 20: 398: 396: 374: 817:"Concerns for historic house's future" 774:from the original on 9 September 2010 744:from the original on 14 December 2017 448:from the original on 18 November 2018 7: 848:Metcalfe, Caryn (29 November 2017). 829:from the original on 14 October 2017 511:Office of Environment & Heritage 479:Office of Environment & Heritage 263:depot site. It was then acquired by 815:Metcalfe, Caryn (11 October 2017). 538:from the original on 21 August 2008 934:Defunct boys' schools in Australia 444:. NSW Environment & Heritage. 14: 949:New South Wales Heritage Database 770:. 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Chatswood
Sydney
New South Wales
Coordinates
33°48′16″S 151°10′50″E / 33.804550°S 151.180464°E / -33.804550; 151.180464
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day
boarding school
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boarding school
Chatswood
North Shore
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alderman
Mayor
Willoughby
Great Depression
Sydney Grammar School
Norman Lethbridge Cowper
Kenneth Slessor
Gough Whitlam
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Transport for New South Wales
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John Holland Group
Federation Arts and Crafts

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