Brymore School is an Secondary school in Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, England specialising in rural technology.
It is an Upper School which means it has students from 13 to 18 years and has 163[1] boys on the roll, including 150 boarders. It was established in 1951 by the Somerset County Council at a cost of £6,000 as a Secondary Technical School of Agriculture.[2]
The school provides hands-on learning with an organic farm, walled garden, greenhouses and workshops including a foundry and forge.[3] The farm includes a dairy herd, beef animals, sows, poultry and a flock of ewes with lambs.[4]
The main school building incorporates parts of a medieval house which was owned by John Pym who, during the English Civil War played a role in bringing about the downfall of Charles I. In World War II girls of Malvern College were evacuated to Brymore. In 1943 the 535th Automatic Weapons battalion of the US Army was billeted in the house and grounds while they prepared for D Day.[2] The building is designated as a Grade II listed building.[5] The boarding houses included the Grade I listed Cannington Court.[6]
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