Heather Holden-Brown (1968) interviews Caroline Sandon, owner of Burnt Norton (site of Tudor Hall School 1939–46) and author of the novel of the same name... 54 . ROSE . SPRING 2020
I met Caroline Sandon at her home, Burnt Norton, in the heart of the Cotswolds, on a sunny spring day earlier this year. On her lap was black and white cocker spaniel, Poppy, which seemed apt for a house which had welcomed Tudor Hall School from the outbreak of the Second World War until it moved to the newly acquired Wykham Park near Banbury in 1946. During a recent visit by OTs from that era, Caroline discovered that from their bedrooms at the top of the house the girls had witnessed the German air raid on Coventry on the night of 14th November, 1940, flames high in the sky which could be seen from over thirty miles away. And in the local church St James’s, in Chipping Campden, there is a shining altar rail and plaque as a lasting testament to Tudor’s time at Burnt Norton.
