“Shi-Tennoji School in UK”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

It was in operation beginning in 1985.^[3] The former campus includes the Herringswell Manor, built in 1901.^[4] It was used as a country house for a family in Blackheath, London. Prior to Shi-Tennoji's use, the campus was used as a school to educate children of U.S. soldiers, as well as being a Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh ashram.^[3]

Most of the students were Japanese,^[2] and it used Japanese as its main instructional medium and prepared students for entrance examinations for Japanese universities. Circa 1998 most employees lacked comprehension of the English language.^[5] The students and staff did Buddhist rituals.^[3] Lesley Downer of The Independent described the school as "like a little Japan in the middle of the English countryside."^[5]

The school closed on 17 July 2000,^[6] due to declining student figures.^[4] The Japanese Education Ministry decertified the school by 2001.^[7] By 2007 the property was being converted into residences by City & Country.^[3]

Campus

The property has {{convert|8|acre|ha}} of space. The Mock Tudor manor, built in 1906, is listed as a Grade II historic site. The property also had a coach house. Upon its opening Shi-Tennoji School already had two dormitory buildings and a gymnasium dating from its previous uses. Tim Sargeant of the building renovation firm City & Country Group stated the "large, dark roofs" were defining features of the dormitories.^[3] Phil McNeill of The Daily Telegraph described the gymnasium as appearing "like an aircraft hangar", and he described that structure and the pre-conversion dormitory blocks as "ugly".^[3] The school owners added a Buddhist temple, which only had low-level windows so occupants could concentrate on religious exercises. Shi-Tennoji School also had an archery court, a teahouse, and a Japanese-style water garden.^[3]

Conversion into flats

After the school's closure, the properties were turned into a 57-residence flat complex. The Tudor manor now houses ten residences; its smallest accommodation was a one bedroom unit priced at £215,000 in 2007, and the largest and most expensive was a unit on the first floor priced at £550,000 that year. The coach house is now a three-residence unit. The dormitories were converted into a pair of 15-bedroom flat blocks called The Courtyards. For aesthetic purposes, the developer added dormer windows and changed the roofs to have lighter colours.^[3]

The Buddhist temple was converted into residences with two-three bedrooms each; McNeill stated that this was possibly the first time a Buddhist temple in Great Britain was converted into flats. The developer added a second storey at the temple roof, sliding glass doors, and dormer windows, as the temple was not listed as a historic site. The ground floor rooms post-conversion still had {{convert|12|ft|m|adj=on}} ceilings, above the standard {{convert|8|ft|m|adj=on}}. In 2007 the Buddhist temple conversion's apartment prices were between £485,000 and £525,000. The developer also converted the archery court and teahouse into new uses.^[3]

According to McNeill, many of the residences were "likely" to be utilized as second homes.^[3] Some residents of Herringswell tried to prevent the dormitories being converted into apartments, but this failed.^[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001101180115/http://www.naec.go.jp/kaigai/pschool2.html|title=私立在外教育施設一覧|publisher=National Education Center, Japan (国立教育会館)|date=2000-11-01|accessdate=2019-01-12|quote=HERRINGSWELL BURY St. EDMUNDS SUFFOLK IP28 6SW U.K.}}
2. ^¹{{cite journal|url= http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/bigga/gki/article/1994sep20.pdf|title=HEAVEN: It's more than just a golf course: Donnington Grove exists to strengthen cultural links between Japan and Britain, as Chris Boiling reports from 'Parasampia'|work=Greenkeeper International|date=September 1994|page=20 (PDF p. 1)}}
3. ^¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰McNeill, Phil. "[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3359022/Shrine-of-the-times.html Shrine of the times]." ([https://www.webcitation.org/6MUE5hS8A?url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3359022/Shrine-of-the-times.html Archive]) The Telegraph. 22 July 2007. Retrieved on 8 January 2014.
4. ^¹"Herringswell Manor." ([https://archive.is/20140109055905/http://herringswell.onesuffolk.net/home/herringswell-manor/ Archive]) Herringswell Parish Council. Retrieved on 9 January 2014.
5. ^¹{{cite web|author=Downer, Lesley|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/more-mcdonalds-than-mitsubishi-1158606.html|title=More McDonalds than Mitsubishi: Students at Japanese schools in Britain can find themselves painfully torn between two cultures.|publisher=The Independent|date=1998-05-20|accessdate=2019-01-12}}
6. ^"Establishment: Shi-Tennoji School." ([https://archive.is/20140109022433/http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/establishment/summary.xhtml?urn=124894 Archive]) Department for Education. Retrieved on 8 January 2014. "Shi-Tennoji School Herringswell Bury St Edmund's Suffolk IP28 6SW"
7. ^"過去に指定・認定していた在外教育施設." MEXT. Retrieved on 12 January 2019.

History

Campus

Conversion into flats

References