Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Helensburgh HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 10am - 12pm ArchitectName Remodeled by William Leiper OpeningDate1 23/9/2017 IsNewThisYear Yes ID Google Panorama ID 14837 Refreshments No Street The street address Lomond School AddressLine2 89 James Street Postcode G82 9JX Parking Yes DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Clarendon House Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived argyllbute Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 534 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.00915,-4.737075; Description An account of the resource Clarendon, or Torwood Villa as it was originally named, was built in the mid 19th century. The two extensions you can see on either side of the original building were designed by William Leiper, the famous Scottish architect, in 1888 and 1891.During the 20th century, Clarendon became the home of the Rickey family and later the Singer family, until, in 1937, the building was bought by the Girls School Company and was used as part of St. Bride's school in a variety of ways, ranging from a boarding house to classroom accommodation.?During the Second World War, it was commandeered by the Royal Navy and Wrens were based here for 5 years. From 1959, it operated as the Prep department and in 1977, when St. Bride's joined with Larchfield School to form Lomond School, Clarendon continued as the Junior Department, which it still is today. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Mid-19th Century