Culford School Case Study
Culford School is a coeducational independent school situated near to Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Culford provides both day and boarding education to over 670 pupils aged between 1 and 18, set in 480 acres of parkland with exemplary sporting facilities.
The school were looking to increase in number of girl boarders at Culford and to integrate day pupils into boarding houses.
We were asked by the school to provide assistance with designing the boarding furniture for Old Fitzgerald House.
Witley Jones have been working with Culford since 2003, therefore we have built up a great working relationship with the school which has allowed us to understand their requirements and how they like to work. This demonstrated on projects when we have designed the furniture for their boarding houses and their on site team have fitted the furniture.
In terms of design, we have worked with the school to make the design simple and efficient to make it easier to replicate through the boarding houses.
In some instances, rooms are an identical design with a double room with an alcove on one side of the door for the wardrobes and an alcove on the opposite side for the vanity unit.
We decided with the school to build these units in plain MDF whereas they would usually be Oak Veneered MDF. Only the doors and filler panels were made from Oak Veneer so from the front they look like a nice built in oak veneered units but inside they are plain mdf to save cost.
We also use a specific Laminate worktop with Oak hardwood nosing to give their range of furniture a bespoke feel to their design.
“Witley Jones Furniture were friendly and accommodating throughout the process providing with knowledgeable insight into the design to ensure that the project met our exact requirements and budget.” commented Gavin Reynolds, Assistant Head (Pastoral).
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