History
Work on the school began in 1868 and it opened in 1873 with 46 boys, under the direction of Edward Clarke Lowe, provost of the midland district of the Woodard Corporation. It was originally called St. Chad's College. The buildings were designed by William Slater and Richard Carpenter in a Gothic style. The school buildings, hall, chapel and war memorial are all listed Grade II. The school's chapel was built in 1879-87 by Carpenter and Benjamin Ingelow in a late 13th-century Gothic style; it consists of a four bay nave with polygonal apse. Land for the school was given by Sir Thomas Percival Heywood who owned the nearby Riverside Doveleys mansion. Sir Thomas was the school's first bursar.
Denstone College opened a Preparatory School in 1902, which moved in 1938 to its present site of Smallwood Manor, becoming co-educational and opening a pre-school department in 1983, it also provided boarding accommodation until 1997 but now is a day school for ages 2–11.
The school is divided into the following houses, named after the founders and benefactors of the school: Heywood, Philips, Shrewsbury, Meynell, Woodard, and Selwyn. Previously, there were two other houses: Lonsdale & Lowe, which now no longer exist, and these are also named after benefactors of the school.
The war memorial, representing St George, stands in the Lonsdale quadrangle and was unveiled in 1925. The design was by Sir Aston Webb and Son and the sculptor Alfred Drury.
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