Winchester College 150th House Celebration Booklets

When George Ridding, using his own money, purchased the 6.5 acres of Culver Close , the first Housemasters had to provide £7,000 each for building Commoner block: Fearon’s, Moreshead’s, Sergeant’s and Bramston’s; they also paid Ridding £400 rent. However, there was good money to be made for the business-minded Rev Fearon, or ‘the Bear’ as he was known, because the Housemaster took the school fees himself. In 1868 Fearon’s was completed and the boys moved in; we now find ourselves 150 years on