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The Cathedral School, Llandaff is a coeducational independent day school located in Llandaff, a district north of the Welsh capital Cardiff. Originally established as a choral foundation to train choir boys for the affiliated Llandaff Cathedral, it is now part of the Woodard Schools foundation and continues to provide choristers for the cathedral. It is the only surviving Anglican choir school in Wales and is a member of the ISC, IAPS and the Choir Schools Association.〔http://www.choirschools.org.uk/〕 == History == The school survived an impoverished time during 1691, when it was called the Free School, and was housed in the Chapter House. Between 1744 and 1746, the present school, designed by John Wood of Bath, was built on the site of Bryn-y-Gynnen. It was known originally as Llandaff Court and was owned by Thomas Mathews. Admiral Matthews heartily disliked the building, comparing it to a "3 Decker" ship. It is nonetheless considered "the most complete and well-proportioned eighteenth-century building in the Cardiff area", buildings of that period being a rarity in the city. In 1840 the office of Dean was revived and the Cathedral was restored by John Prichard. The present school chapel was designed by Ewan Christian in 1858–9. An article in ''The Guardian'' in 1871, which carried an account of the start of a boarding school for choristers in Salisbury, gave the Reverend Fishbourne the idea for a similar establishment in Llandaff for some 20 boys—all potential choristers. The School was housed in a small house near Llandaff Bridge. Soon after, the Chapter cut down Fishbourne's original scheme—much to his disappointment. In 1879, when Dr. Vaughan became Dean, he began plans for a school (now demolished) for around 50 boys at The Cathedral Green in Llandaff village and this was opened in 1880. Dean Vaughan had been headmaster at Harrow School and was a great scholar; the school was opened in the village in 1880 and remained on that site until 1958. Dean Vaughan died in 1897 leaving the school with firm foundations. A German landmine severely damaged the nave of the cathedral in 1941 and, when restoration work was completed in 1955, the old school building was found to be "unsuitable", causing it to be moved to the present premises three years later, which had until then been used as the Bishop's Palace. In 1961, the Cathedral School became a member of the Woodard Schools, a family of Anglican schools in England and Wales. Girls were first admitted in 1978 and now make up over one-third of the student population. In 2001 the senior school was opened to children aged 11 to 16. A sixth form was opened in September 2013.〔(Sixth Form )〕 While Roald Dahl was a pupil at the school, he was involved in the "Great Mouse Plot of 1924", which he later described in his autobiography, ''Boy: Tales of Childhood''. This is the first of numerous occasions in which he outlines in great detail the perceived cruelty of corporal punishment in schools. The headmaster at this time was Mr T R Coombes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Cathedral School, Llandaff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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