King Edward’s School, which is planning to sell off its campus in Weston Lane in Bath, has submitted an application to convert it into a private home.
The King Edward’s pre-prep school on Weston Lane | Photo © Bath Echo
Pupils from Year 3 to Year 13 at the independent co-educational day school are based at North Road, with only the nursery and pre-prep at the Weston Lane campus.
KES announced in January it planned to bring its pre-prep and junior schools together, creating a single, purpose-built school for children aged three to 11.
Now in a planning application submitted to Bath & North East Somerset Council, KES says the disposal of the Weston Lane campus, with the benefit of an enabling residential planning and listed planning consent, will facilitate a £3 million investment in the enhancement of the teaching environment and provision of new facilities at North Road.
The plans include changing the use of the existing pre-prep school and nursery comprising the principal building and lodge to a single house, building a garage and pool room following the demolition of 20th century additions, closing the west access and infilling the boundary wall, as well as reinstating a formal drive from the east access, and landscaping.
The main school building is Grade II listed and dates from the 19th century.
It was a residential house until 1950, when it was converted to a nursing home and then a private pre-prep school for boys in 1959. The Park School amalgamated with KES in 1999.
The planning application says: “The design approach will significantly enhance the setting of the main house and breathe new life into the building, offering a unique opportunity for a bespoke and sensitive restoration of this significant heritage asset to be taken forward by a new owner.”
The planning reference is 26/00540/FUL. The deadline for comments is 26th March.
