Dressed in pink and crowned with a distinctive copper roof, the School building, with its spongy, concrete blancmange encasement, is like a terrestrial treasure descended from space. The building is defiantly modern looking, despite its unorthodox garb. The strong and definitive architectural lines synonymous with the bold, functional principles of Mid-Century Modern design, collide with the somewhat polar, organic aesthetic of Rudolf Steiner’s architectural motifs to create a remarkable building which emulates the European tradition of Expressionist Architecture. An architectural style uncommon here in the UK.

The original concept for this English architectural ode to the Goetheanum, came from the need to provide spaces for learning for the children of the Peredur Homeschool, a charity set up on the site in the 1950’s by Siegfried and Joan Rudel. Peredur homeschool would be both a home and a radically progressive learning environment for the children who found it hard to adjust to mainstream school institutions.

Architect Kenneth Bayes, a member of the seminal Design Research Unit in the UK and the Swedish artist Arne Klingborg designed the building. The work was carried out by local Forest Row building contractors James Waters and Sons and completed in 1960.