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Woodperry House

Woodperry House is a Grade I listed building in Stanton St John, South Oxfordshire, England. Woodperry was built from 1728 (1728) for John Morse, a London goldsmith and partner in Child & Co. Morse owned a house in Woodstock at the entrance to Blenheim Palace that influenced the design, with the final Palladian style attributed to the Oxford architect William Townesend. Townsend also was the master mason on the Clarendon Building designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, with the front of Woodperry similar to Clarendon. Thomas Fawsett was the principal joiner, and Charles Scriven the glazier. The final house cost £12,000. Morse never lived in Woodperry, and after buying the larger Wooburn House in Buckinghamshire from the estate of the late Duke of Wharton, never finished Woodperry. He had left the property in his will to his niece, and in the meantime allowed his gardener William Pepall and his family to live in the house. But after falling out with his niece, Morse changed his will. After his death in 1739 the property remained in trust to Child & Co., which finished the property to include an oil on canvas painting of Westminster Abbey set in an elaborate over mantel, and an elaborate chimney piece with a fireplace by 1748. Child & Co. sold off the property in 1789. By 1801, the property was owned by the mayor of Oxford, former carpenter James Pears. The president of Trinity College, Oxford, John Wilson (1850–66) retired to the property after his resignation. The house was enlarged in 1879–80 when the porch and two pedimented wings were added, designed by Frederick Codd, an assistant in Sir Thomas Jackson's office. It was around this time that the house was bought by the Thomson family, who had made their fortune in banking services in Oxford. In the 1970s the house was bought by Robert Lush, the Director and founder of Richmond Designs. Lush did much to restore the character of the building and gardens, in particular using the trompe l’œil marbling effects for which Richmond Designs was so famous. The house was sold in the 90s and, after being owned by Farzaneh and Kaveh Moussavi, an Iranian human rights lawyer, it was sold in 2006 for £20m to financier Scot Young, who then sold it in 2009 as part of his £400m divorce. Young sold it on to the Belgian financier Pierre Lagrange, one of the founders of GLG Partners. Legrange has since downsized to a smaller property. As of 2021, it is owned by Rory Fleming. The house is Grade I listed on the National Heritage List for England. Woodperry The name Woodperry is derived from the Old English wudu-pyrige, 'the pear-tree near the wood'. There was formerly a Woodperry village that disappeared after 1540, with excavations in the 1950s. References
The Woodroffe School

The Woodroffe School is a comprehensive school in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. Lyme Regis Grammar School From 1923, to 1971 the school was known as Lyme Regis Grammar School. It was the brain-child of Alban Woodroffe a prominent local landowner and educationalist who in 1922 supervised the construction of the original building on the hillside site overlooking the harbour town of Lyme Regis. For the first forty years, the school was a small mixed grammar school drawing students from a wide rural and coastal area of West Dorset and East Devon. In 1950, a decision was taken to add boarding houses to the school with strong links being formed with armed services parents and those working overseas. In 1963, the grammar school was reorganised into an 11–18 mixed comprehensive school grant serving 200 square miles (520 square kilometres) or so around Lyme Regis. The school continued to take boarders, who were accommodated on three separate sites. In September 1991 became a grant-maintained school. Today there are 1,058 students on roll (sixth form 200); boarding has been phased out in line with the national decline in demand for places. The school assumed foundation status in September 1999. Development between 1999 and 2010 The school retained most of its grammar school facilities until 2010 when the school's swimming pool was closed and a number of former rooms were converted into computer 'IT' suites. There were plans drawn up in the late 1990s, following the closure of Allhallows, Rousdon, and other private schools in the area due (mainly to declining pupil numbers in these smaller schools), for newer buildings to be established on 'top pitch', but this never came to anything. A number of the former huts on the site have been upgraded. It was also during this time that the school receive arts college status. In 2011, an OFSTED inspection judged it 'Outstanding', the top mark. Notable alumni Adrian Bowyer, instigator and head of the global RepRap self-replicating 3D printer project. John Denham served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Southampton Itchen from 1992 to 2015. Chris Leaver, Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford References
Woodside Stadium

Woodside Stadium is the home of Watford Harriers Athletics Club It is situated in Watford in Hertfordshire and has a seated capacity of 708. Other local athletics clubs training at the stadium include Chiltern Harriers, and Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers. The venue hosts local school sports league meetings, Southern Men's League, Southern Women's League, Eastern Young Athletes League fixtures for Watford Harriers, in addition to widely attended Open Graded Meetings and British Milers Club competitions. History The track was opened on 4 November 1955 and upgraded to a synthetic 8 lane in May 1995. The Watford Harriers built a club house to the north of the track in April 2000, and the track was completely relaid in 2009. References http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=watford External links St Albans AC
Woodstock Road Baptist Church

Woodstock Road Baptist Church, located in Summertown, Oxford, UK is an evangelical church and is a member of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. History The church was opened in 1897 as a church for those of the baptist persuasion of the protestant Christian religion following a period of time when a group of people met for open air worship under the leadership of Rev J. H. Moore. The church was built on a plot of land on the Woodstock Road adjacent to the bottom of the newly occupied residential area of Summertown in Oxford. The original church building (known as Victoria Hall, in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria), is of white brick with stone facings and capable of holding 100 people. The west wall of the church building was made of wood, with the intention being to expand the building westwards when numbers of attendance required it. The church was extended in the 1930s by the addition of a brick walled, tin roofed 'hut' which as later roofed over to make a more permanent structure. The church can seat approx. 200 people. It was a member of the Baptist Union until the 1980s. The trust deeds of the church were redrawn in the late 1990s by the then pastor Keith Stokes and the church elders. This allowed the church to separate from the Baptist Union due to differences in doctrine. Woodstock Road Baptist Church (also known as WRBC or Woody Road to its members) is a Bible believing and preaching church. The church closed for renovations from September 2012 to December 2012 and then again from September 2013 to April 2014. The church reopened on April 2, 2014. Church Ministries Church services take place every Sunday. The main morning gathering is at 10:30am and this is streamed online at Church Services. Normally, there is a whole church lunch followed by a second, smaller, more informal gathering at 1:30pm. Homegroups meet around and beyond the city on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays most weeks of the year. The first week of the month, the church gathers on a Thursday evening to pray together. Doctrine The beliefs of the church can be found on the church web site at Doctrine and Beliefs References External links WRBC Web Site WRBC on Google Maps
Wool Hall, Bristol

The Wool Hall is a historic building in St Thomas Street, Redcliffe, Bristol. Originally built as a market hall, today it is home to The Fleece, a pub and live music venue. History The wool trade had been important in Bristol since the 11th century, but the smell generated by fullers softening wool in urine meant the trade was banished from the city centre and relocated in Redcliffe. The building was constructed in 1830 to house the city's wool market, as Bristol Bridge had become too congested by sheep farmers travelling across it. It was designed by Richard Shackleton Pope and has been described as "the first quasi-industrial building in Bristol to attempt a real architectural facade". It was designed in a classical style with a symmetrical front. Internally, the building included a Pennant-flagged ground floor and staircase. The ground floor served as a weighing house, while the upper floors were used for storage. The total cost was £4,400 (now £434,500). The building was not a success since it was too far from the farmer's markets at Temple Meads, and the wool trade moved to the Corn Exchange in 1834. The building survived the bombing of Bristol during World War II, unlike several nearby 17th-century buildings which were hit and subsequently demolished. In 1980, the building was modified to include new doors. The ground floor became a pub, while the upper floors were offices. The Wool Hall was awarded grade II listed building status by English Heritage in 1975. The Fleece The Fleece was opened as a brewpub in 1982 by Firkin Brewery, originally named The Fleece and Firkin. The Fleece became a 330-capacity venue for live music, hosting gigs by Oasis, Pulp, Emeli Sande, Radiohead and Amy Winehouse. After the Firkin Brewery brand passed through a number of pub companies, Mitchells & Butlers sold the lease in 2010 to Chris Sharp of the band The Blue Aeroplanes, who increased the venue's capacity to 450 and as of 2021 continues to operate it as an independent venture. See also Grade II listed buildings in Bristol Firkin Brewery References
Wool House

Wool House is a grade II listed Victorian wool warehouse at 74 Backchurch Lane, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was originally five storeys tall, and spanned a total of 137,455 square feet (12,770.0 m2). An additional floor was constructed on the roof in the early 2000s, creating an additional 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) of floorspace. The warehouse is one of two that were constructed on Backchurch lane in the late 1880s for Browne & Eagle, a wool storage firm. Wool House underwent a series of redevelopments in the early 21st century. The first of these took place between 1998 and 2003, when the building was refurbished and converted into office space. An extra floor constructed from lightweight materials was also added. In 2005 the offices closed down and the building was redesigned for residential usage. The residential conversion was completed in October 2006. The Wool House is now owned by Octagon Investments which is part of the Yianis Group owned by property magnate John Christodoulou who according to the Times Rich List 2007 is the 82nd wealthiest person in Britain with an estimated personal fortune of £835m. The warehouse was the setting for the second series of the BBC television series Dragons Den. References External links Advertising website for office conversion Developers' website, including internal floorspace plans Project description including photograph of Wool House, apparently prior to the office conversion Satellite map of Wool House Photographs from Dragon's Den, series 2 of which was filmed at the Wool House
Woolley Edge services

Woolley Edge services is a motorway service station on the M1 motorway within the borough of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It lies between junctions 38 and 39 close to West Bretton and west of the village of Woolley. History The first Esso Taverna service area to open was the £600,000 Washington-Birtley service area in August 1970. Both sites were opened in 1972 by Taverna (Esso). The site opened in the first week of January 1972, but only for fuel. The construction cost was £420,000. The site fully opened in March 1972. The architects were Challen, Floyd, Slaski and Todd. Parking was for 425 cars, 110 trucks and 12 coaches. 140 staff would work there. One side was 14 acres, and the other side was 16 acres. There was no bridge connecting the two. Ownership It was one of five sites in the UK sold to Granada in March 1973 for £2.5 million. The current owner is Moto. In 2006, Moto changed the branding to Marks and Spencer and Costa Coffee; also on site are the brands Burger King and Travelodge. Structure The services is split into two sites, one on the northbound and one on southbound sides of the M1. The two sites are connected by foot via a local road bridge over the motorway. The northbound side is partly in West Bretton, and the southbound side is in Woolley, West Yorkshire. There are local access roads from both sites onto the same bridge albeit but are not signed for the majority of traffic, and, as of 26 September 2009, both access roads were fitted with automatic barriers. The services are close to the Barnsley/South Yorkshire border. Despite the services being in the Wakefield district, they're slightly closer to Barnsley than to the centre of Wakefield. Woolley Edge is an interchange point for coaches operated by Megabus. The Hallam Line, a railway between Leeds and Sheffield via Barnsley, passes directly beneath the service area and motorway, but there is no railway station with access to the site. References External links Official website (northbound) Official website (southbound)
Woolmer Hill School

Woolmer Hill School, formerly Woolmer Hill Technology College, is the main secondary school in the area of Haslemere, Surrey. Funding A non-fee paying school, WHS's funding is received predominantly via pro rata Education Funding Agency annual allocation from general taxation. Since 1989 the school has benefited from the Woolmer Hill School Friends Association, a Charities Commission registered fund raised by parents and fundraising across the region. Funds are enhanced by successful registration or selection for pupil premiums and grants restricted to central and local government-funded schools. Free school meals eligibility: 5.6% (band: low). The proportion of students known to be eligible for the pupil premium funding (additional government funding for children in the care of the local authority, students known to be eligible for free school meals and those from service families) stood for the financial year 2014–15 at £89,760 to supplement annual central government funding of more than £3,000,000. Attributes Relatively, Woolmer Hill School is approximately smaller of the size of the average secondary education-specialising academy. The proportion of disabled students and those who have special educational needs is above average. The proportion who are eligible for support from the pupil premium (additional government funding) is below average. A very small minority of students have English as an additional language. The academy has partnerships with several providers of alternative education such as Godalming College, Guildford College, M.I.T., West Byfleet, The Wey Centre, Haslemere, and Merrist Wood. The headteacher is actively involved in the leadership of the Waverley schools federation. The school's leadership has additional autonomy by virtue of academy status since 17 August 2011. The tutor forms provide a pastoral, advice point across all activities. Facilities The main facilities include total grounds including buildings of 25 acres (10 ha) and The Edge sports centre with its large multi-purpose sports’ hall and two flood-lit all-weather pitches. The school has its own gym too. Ofsted The Ofsted inspection of December 2014 gave the school an overall Grade 2, Good, on the four-point scale One of the main Ofsted reporters on site called Paul Goodwin said it was "a very exciting place to work and learn” References External links Ofsted Website for Woolmer Hill as Technology College Ofsted Website for Woolmer Hill School since conversion to Academy Woolmer Hill School
Woolston Eyes

Woolston Eyes is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located in the town of Warrington, England, alongside the Manchester Ship Canal. The eyes themselves are used for the deposition of dredgings from the Ship Canal under a Waste Management Licence issued by the Environment Agency. The Woolston Eyes Conservation Group manages the site as a nature reserve with access by permit only. The rather strange name for the site is from Anglo-Saxon, ees meaning the land near a loop in a river. Wildlife It is the premier UK site for breeding black-necked grebes and a stronghold for the willow tit, and other breeding birds include little grebe, great crested grebe, shelduck, Eurasian teal, Northern shoveler, water rail, common cuckoo, common kingfisher, common grasshopper warbler and Eurasian reed warbler. Woolston Eyes also supports nationally important wintering numbers of Northern shoveler, Eurasian teal gadwall and common pochard. There are 12 species of herpetofauna recorded, including sand lizard, smooth snake, natterjack toad and all three native British species of newt. It is also home to 21 species of Odonata, dragonflies and damselfies, out of 58 species found in Britain, as well as 26 species of butterfly. Management Woolston Eyes Conservation Group, a voluntary organisation formed in 1979, manages the rich and varied wildlife of the deposit grounds with the agreement of the Manchester Ship Canal Company. Its aim is to promote the study and conservation of the wildlife and habitat of the area with particular regard to the ornithology. The group undertakes management work to preserve or maximise the ornithological value of the Reserve, provides and maintains hides for the use of the public and permit holders, keeps the paths open and discourages disturbance. The group produces an Annual Report which summarises the work carried out and the results obtained including the scientific study of the flora and fauna of the Reserve. To carry out this work the group raises funds by the sale of Permits, Annual Reports and by applying for grants from various organisations. References External links Woolston Eyes Website
Woolston Park

Woolston Park is a modern park that is situated in the civil parish of Woolston, Warrington, in the English county of Cheshire. Woolston Park covers 56 acres (230,000 m²) and was officially opened in 1977. It was created from neglected farmland to provide a valuable refuge for people and wildlife amongst the rapidly expanding local community. Running through the middle of the "linear" section runs "Spittle Brook", a small stream often polluted with chemicals from the Grange Industrial Estate. The majority of the landscape of the park is manmade with soil being transported to build hills. The park is mainly open grassland for recreation. It is bordered by Hillock Lane playing fields. In its centre are the "Jubilee Gardens" commemorating the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Woolston Park has a number of football pitches used by Monks club and rugby posts; two cricket strips; several playing areas including the "A B frame" and a new play area which includes a zip wire. The park is popular with dog walkers. References
Wootton Bassett Museum

Wootton Bassett Museum is a local museum in the market town of Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England. It is housed in the town hall which is a Grade II listed building. History The town hall was a gift to the town from Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, who had served as Member of Parliament for Wootton Basset, and was built in 1690. The design involved an open ground floor and an upper storey supported on 15 tapered oolite columns. The ground floor was the venue for local butter and cheese markets and the upper storey served as both a council chamber and a courthouse. Facilities on the ground floor included a "blind house" under the staircase where drunkards were held until they were completely sober and a storage facility for the hand-worked fire engine. Wootton Bassett had a very small electorate and two dominant patrons, John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon of The Grove, Watford and Henry St John, 4th Viscount Bolingbroke of Lydiard Park, which meant it was recognised by the UK Parliament as a rotten borough. Its right to elect members of parliament was removed by the Reform Act 1832, and the borough council, which had met in the courtroom, was abolished under the Municipal Corporations Act 1883. By the late 19th century, the building was in an extremely dilapidated state and under threat of demolition, before being extensively restored by Thomas Lansdown, on behalf of the socialite, Lady Meux and her husband, in 1889. The restoration included the removal of both the "blind house" under the stairs and the storage facility for the hand-worked fire engine, thereby creating a completely open space on the ground floor. The town hall was used as a meeting place by Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Rural District Council until 1972, when it fell vacant after the council converted the old primary school building in Station Road into a Civic Centre. Following an initiative by Dr Alan Stebbens, the then Chairman of Wootton Bassett Historical Society, the Wootton Bassett Museum was established in the empty town hall later that year. The museum subsequently built up a photographic collection covering life in Wootton Bassett during the 19th and 20th centuries as well as a ducking stool dating from 1686, geological items, stocks, and a whipping post. It also created a scale model of Wootton Bassett railway station as it would have looked before closure in 1965. See also List of museums in Wiltshire Notes References