Foxlease 07
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. . . down to be replaced three years later by a red-tiled, timbered structure which would be the children's play room, looking out onto the great Scot's Pine which still grew straight and tall.
Whilst the house was being renovated in early 1912, Mrs Saunderson returned to her native America to collect her four children;
Lydia 5, Armar 3, John 2 and Moira 1, together with their nursemaids and vast quantities of luggage.
One of Mrs Saunderson's reasons for seeking a settled existence in England was her concern for the education of her children.
It was at this time that she met a Mrs Smyth who introduced Mrs Saunderson to the educational philosophy of the Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori, whose ideas were going vogue in Europe and America. The system, which considered . . .
The Thatched Barn at Foxlease
