[citation needed] Wentworth College was previously an independent day and boarding school for girls.

[4] It was originally sited in Milton-next-Gravesend near Gravesend Kent, and then relocated to Worth Park near Crawley.

[5] The second, Bournemouth Collegiate School, was established in 1899 in the town centre and moved to Wentworth Lodge in 1923.

[2] The preparatory department is located at the former Uplands School site in Poole.

The house, built in 1872, was used by Viscount Portman as a summer residence for around six weeks every year.