[citation needed] St Gabriel's School was founded in 1929 in Mill Hill in London.

In 1939 the school was evacuated to West Ogwell Manor[3] in Devon for the safety of the pupils and because their Mill Hill, London site was requisitioned.

The school remained in the West Country until 1943 when it relocated to Ormonde House, Newbury.

[4] The present Sandleford Priory is a Grade I listed building in 54 acres (22 ha) of parkland landscaped by Capability Brown.

It was erected around the chapel of an old priory between 1780 and 1786 by James Wyatt, for Elizabeth Montagu, the social reformer, patron of the arts, salonist, literary critic and writer who helped organise and lead the Blue Stockings Society.