WEEK 7, 13/11/17

This session, taught namely by Gilly King, discussed the history of Roehampton in the nineteenth century and the lives of the Lyne-Stephens family that lived and were buried within the grounds of Grove House. We toured from Grove House to the Lyne-Stephens mausoleum within Froebel college. As before with the previous talking tours around Roehampton campus, I have developed a greater ability of retaining informartion when jouting notes isn’t easily allowable. Likewise, Gilly King as an informative speaker has enabled me to confide in her greater knowledge for further research materials and resources for studying the family.

As I am intrigued in doing my research project on Grove House, after the lecture I went to the library to further reading around the topic. This has further increased my independent study skills. It has also enlightened me on the lack of information avalible online for such niche topics, urging me to invesigate the archives at a later date.

This session can be explored in research via analysing the relationship the family had archetectually on the development of the land of the University of Roehampton: ‘How did the Lyne-Stephens presence in Grove House affect the archetecture of what is now dubbed Froebel College?’