Apartment Finder: Performing Arts School

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Performing Arts School

The school was first founded in 1939 and was originally known as the Cone-Ripman School. It was formed as a result of a merger between the Cone School of Dancing founded in 1919 by Grace Cone, and the Ripman School founded in 1922 by Olive Ripman.The Cone-Ripman School was first based in premises at Stratford Place in London, but following the outbreak of it was relocated to in e in Tring. In 1945, the vacated the mansion at, which had been its temporary base during the war, and the ermitted the school to use the premises on a permanent basis. remains the school's sole campus to this day and in 1947, the school was renamed the Arts Educational School, Tring Park, with the London school becoming the Arts Educational School, London. In 1970, the school acquired the freehold of the mansion and grounds and began a redevelopment of the site, financed by the sale of unused land. The refurbished building was officially opened in 1976