Sherborne House, Gloucestershire

Sherborne House and the adjacent Church of St Mary Magdalene

Sherborne House is a large house in the village of Sherborne, Gloucestershire, England. It is a former country house that has been converted into flats and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[1][2]

At Sherborne House, John G. Bennett founded the International Academy for Continuous Education. Its Fifth Course began in October 1975 and lasted for ten months; it was attended by guitarist Robert Fripp after the dissolution of King Crimson.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Images of England: Sherborne House, Sherborne, English Heritage, retrieved 7 June 2010
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Sherborne House  (Grade II*) (1090436)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Tamm, Eric (2003) [1990], "Chapter 7 Sabbatical", Robert Fripp: From crimson king to crafty master (Progressive Ears ed.), Faber and Faber (1990), p. 86, ISBN 0-571-16289-4, Zipped Microsoft Word Document, retrieved October 26, 2011
  4. ↑ Fripp is from Wimborne Minster in East Dorset in South West England. In northwest Dorset, the market town of Sherborne has another historically important Sherborne House.


Coordinates: 51°49′52″N 1°45′19″W / 51.8310°N 1.7554°W / 51.8310; -1.7554


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