Houses
The school consists of seven senior boarding houses:
| House | Colour | Built | Namesake |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter | Grey | 1990 | Richard Baxter, a 17th Century Puritan Minister |
| Dudley | Purple | 1984 | the Earls of Dudley, the family who bought the Foley's estate of Witley Court |
| Foley | Green | 1982 | Thomas Foley, the founder of the School |
| Foster | Red | A prominent local family (see James Foster) | |
| Maybury | Royal Blue | William Maybury, headmaster from 1883–1928 | |
| Potter | Sky Blue | 2009 | Chris Potter, headmaster from 1978 until 2001 |
| Witley | Yellow | 1983 | Witley Court, the Foley family mansion |
There is one junior boarding house: Prospect House named after its location on Prospect Hill in Stourbridge.
Before the houses were associated with buildings, there was also a Lyttelton house, named after the Lyttelton family who built nearby Hagley Hall. Katherine Lady Lyttelton and her son Sir Henry Lyttelton, sold the manor of Old Swinford to Thomas Foley in 1661.
Read more about this topic: Old Swinford Hospital
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“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)
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