The Percival Guildhouse

The Percival Guildhouse is an independent adult education centre and registered charity in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.[1][2]

It is based in a building on St Matthew Street in the town centre, which dates from the mid-19th century, and which was once the home of the antiquarian Matthew Bloxam (1805-1888). The building itself is grade II listed.[3]

The Percival Guild was founded in 1925 to promote adult education in Rugby, named after John Percival, a former headmaster of Rugby School. Some old boys of Rugby School purchased Bloxam's old home to house the institution creating the Guildhouse.[1]

Today it provides morning, afternoon and evening classes from Monday to Friday in a wide variety of subjects, and has an attached cafe and adjacent gardens which are open to the public, and are alongside the Rugby Art Gallery, Museum & Library.[4][1]

Notable people

  • Maurice Beresford, historian and archaeologist known for his later work on deserted medieval villages including Wharram Percy, served as sub-warden (1942–1943) and then warden (1943–1948) of Percival Guildhouse.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Parks and open spaces - Percival Guildhouse Gardens". Rugby Borough Council. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "THE PERCIVAL GUILDHOUSE". Opencharities. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Percival Guildhouse A Grade II Listed Building in Rugby, Warwickshire". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Percival Guildhouse Rugby". Rugby cyclex. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Beresford, Prof. Maurice Warwick, (6 Feb. 1920–15 Dec. 2005), Professor of Economic History, University of Leeds, 1959–85, then Emeritus". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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