History of Halls Country House
Weenen County College’s Headmaster’s name was E.A. Thompson. He was an Oxford Don and the school operated between 1906 and 1917 when it went into liquidation. Notwithstanding the fact that he was owed considerable sums of money at the time, he felt that pursuing his debtors would have been contrary to the kind of ethos he’d been trying to inculcate in his students.
Weenen County College must have had quite an esprit de corps. Although never catering for more than 125 boys, if you go into the great halls of Hilton and Michaelhouse, you’ll find that Weenen County College regularly thumped them at cricket and rugby.
Nothing remains today of the old school buildings. But the original school chapel is still in use. It’s 4 kilometres further on towards Giant’s Castle. It was also built circa 1904. It’s a beautiful little chapel, built out of stone with lovely stained glass windows. With its deep rural setting, it’s a very popular wedding venue. E.A. Thompson and his family are buried in the chapel graveyard. It's a lovely spot, deep in the country, with vistas of the Central Drakensberg foothills. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ©Halls Country House - Midlands Meander|Drakensberg Accommodation.
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