Lowther College was a public school for girls in the United Kingdom in the late 19th and 20th centuries.

The school was originally formed in 1896 at Lytham St. Annes in Lancashire, by Mrs. Florence Morris (later Lindley). In 1920 the school moved to Bodelwyddan Castle, in North Wales, as tenants; the school purchased the property five years later, in 1925. Mrs Lindley continued as headmistress of the college until 1927, when the college was sold to Allied Schools.

Lowther College

The school is thought to have been one of the first public schools for girls to have its own swimming pool. It also had a golf course. The Lowther College Tableaux were well regarded within the community for their musical excellence.

Lowther College

Boys were admitted from 1977. The school closed in 1982 due to financial problems.

Lowther College

Notable former pupils

Miriam Licette (1885–1969), operatic soprano

Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes (born 1930), Conservative politician Beata Brookes (born 1931), Conservative politician Jan Holden (1931–2005), actress Sylvia Law (1931–2004), town planner

Headmistresses

1896–1927: Florence Lindley

1960–1961: Elizabeth Lemarchand

References

Defunct schools in Lancashire

Defunct schools in Denbighshire

Educational institutions disestablished in 1982

Girls' schools in Lancashire

Girls' schools in Wales

Educational institutions established in 1896

1896 establishments in England

1982 disestablishments in Wales

Schools in the Borough of Fylde