Inscription
Founders' Hall
{Below the Hill House crest with the motto 'Semper Vigilans' (Always watchful):}
Hill House International Junior School, founded in Chelsea in 1951 by Colonel and Mrs. H. Stuart Townend, a school for boys and girls aged 4 - 13 from all nations.
A child's mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Founders' Hall, Restored 2010.
Jonathan Goode, Le Lay architects, Chelsea.
The quotation is a variation on Plutarch's 'The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled' from his essay “On Listening".
Site: Hill House School - Founders' Hall (1 memorial)
SW3, Radnor Walk, 2
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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