Photograph of Du Boulay's Boarding House, Edgar Road, Winchester
Taken about 1870
In the first half of the nineteenth century the accommodation for pupils at Winchester College was very inadequate and George Moberley, Headmaster 1836-66, set about trying to improve the situation, his most successful innovation being the introduction of separate boarding houses for some of the fee-paying Commoners.
The boarding house seen here was built specially for the purpose in the 1860s by the Reverend James Du Boulay, a tutor at the College, who aimed to recoup his expenses from the fees charged to the pupils. It is likely that members of the Du Boulay family are among those who can be seen on the croquet lawn.
The photograph was taken by Winchester photographer William Savage (1817-87) and is found in an album of his work.
