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Binswood Avenue, LEAMINGTON SPA, CV32 5DD

Opened in 1848, designed by DG Squirhill of Leamington in Tudor Gothic style. Recently the school has been converted to retirement homes. Listed Grade II*.

Looking across the site where the science laboratories were situated, towards the old school library, formerly a chapel. The various listed old school buildings are in the process of being refurbished and incorporated into a retirement village. http://www.audleyretirement.co.uk/villages/binswood-hall-retirement-village I attended Leamington College from 1967 to 1974.

Originally Leamington College, Leamington Spa's first school, designed in Tudor Gothic style by local architect Daniel Squirhill and opened in 1847. It closed in 1902 and in 1903 it was purchased by a French religious order as a convent, before the order had to withdraw following the outset of the First World War. From 1917 to 1919 it was taken over by Dover College who had evacuated their home due to its vulnerability to bombardment. It was then purchased by Warwickshire County Council to serve as a boys' grammar school, again named Leamignton College, before the abolition of grammar schools in 1979 led to its becoming a sixth form college, named Binswood Hall, a role it served until 2009. It has now been restored and converted into a complex of retirement homes, which opened in 2014. Grade II* listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1381190.

The following is from the Leamington Spa Courier :- "Built in 1847, the Grade II Victorian Gothic Binswood Hall was inspired by Hampton Court Palace, with pattern brickwork, Bath and Caen stone dressings and projecting octagonal turrets. For much of its history it was a beacon of education in the local area, home to Leamington College for Boys After closing several years ago and falling in to disrepair, it has now been sympathetically restored by Audley Retirement Villages, bringing independent and luxury living to over 55s in the region." A former pupil at the school was Frank Whittle, who went on to invent the jet engine. Part of the redevelopment here includes Whittles Restaurant in his honour. (No fast food jokes, please)

This is part of the new gymnasium that has been included in the retirement village built on the site of the former Leamington College for Boys. http://www.audleyretirement.co.uk/villages/binswood-hall-retirement-village When it was a school, this was the library, and before that a chapel. I attended the school from 1967 to 1974.

Former Leamington College, awaiting redevelopment into a high-quality retirement village.

This is the new entrance to the retirement village that has been created from the listed parts of Leamington College for Boys. http://www.audleyretirement.co.uk/villages/binswood-hall-retirement-village I attended the college from 1967 to 1974 and can never remember the old front doors being opened.

Located on the north side of Binswood Avenue, in the Grade II* listed Victorian Gothic Binswood Hall, formerly North Leamington College.

The newly completed refurbishment of the main hall at Binswood Hall retirement village. http://www.audleyretirement.co.uk/villages/binswood-hall-retirement-village The hall is open to the public as a restaurant and bar. This was the school hall when the building was Leamington College for Boys, and I attended here from 1967 to 1974.