Norwich, Norfolk - Ethelbert Gateway, School -Valentines postcard 1910 to France

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Ethelbert Gateway, Norwich, Norfolk [in the grounds of Norwich School]
• Publisher:  Valentine's
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Edward VII 1d. red
• Postmark(s):  Norwich July 26 1910 cds
• Sent to:  Madame Vallier, 81 Rue Blancho, Paris, France
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Norwich School (previously King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich)^{[nb 1]} is an independent, co-educational, Anglican, day school located in the close of Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, England. Among the oldest schools in the United Kingdom, it has a traceable history to 1096 as an episcopal grammar school established by Herbert de Losinga, first Bishop of Norwich. In the 16th century the school came under the control of the city of Norwich and moved to Blackfriars' Hall following a successful petition to Henry VIII. It was later refounded in 1547 under the patronage of Edward VI and moved to its current site beside the cathedral in 1551. In the mid-19th century the school became independent of the city. It is a founding member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), a member of the Choir Schools' Association and has a historical connection with the Worshipful Company of Dyers, one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.

Early statutes declared the school was to instruct 90 free scholars, though the school has since grown to a total enrolment of approximately 1,020 pupils. For most of its history the school was a boys' school before becoming co-educational in the sixth form in 1994 and in every year group in 2010. The school is divided into the Senior School, which has around 850 pupils aged from 12 to 18 across eight houses, and the Lower School established in 1946 which has around 170 pupils aged from 7 to 11. Norwich School is consistently one of the highest academically performing independent schools in the country.^[3] The school educates the choristers of Norwich Cathedral and the cathedral is used for morning assemblies and events throughout the academic year.

Former pupils are referred to as Old Norvicensians or ONs. Over the years the school has educated a number of notable figures, including Lord Nelson, Sir Edward Coke and 11 Fellows of the Royal Society among many others. Several members of the first provincial art movement in England,^[4] the Norwich School of painters, were educated at the school, and the movement's founder, John Crome, also taught at the school.

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Dedicated to Saint Ethelbert the King, the gatehouse is one of the entrances to the south section of the Close. The room above the gateway was originally a chapel and came to be used by the school in 1944.^[75] It was used as an art room and was later converted into the Barbirolli music practice room, named after Lady Barbirolli, under P. Stibbe's headship (1975-1984), a project financed by the Dyers'.^[76] A scheduled monument,^[77] the gateway was built in 1316 by the citizens of Norwich as penance for a riot in 1272 which damaged many of the priory buildings. It was substantially restored in 1815 by William Wilkins, an Old Norvicensian, and underwent further renovations in 1964 which saw the stonework and carvings replaced under the supervision of Sir Bernard Feilden. Art historian Veronica Sekules describes the St Ethelbert's Gate as it was in the 14th century as ""a highly decorative building presenting a façade rich in images, which the cathedral otherwise lacked. In a sense it would have operated as a principal façade and, in as far as one can glean from the remaining images, it communicated a strong message designating the gate as the opening to hallowed ground beyond.""^[78]

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=norfolk

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period=pre - 1914

postage condition=posted