The Houses

The Houses - Follow the Creed ! 

As all other schools, BCBS features students categorized into houses, in this case, four. The formation of houses occurred in around 1910 and students were grouped into houses.
In BCBS, there are four houses:

 Pettigrew House was named after Rev. S. T. Pettigrew, Chaplain of St. Mark's Cathedral and founder of the school.

    Pope House was named after Rev. George Uglow Pope, the first warden of the School, 1871 - 1882. He came to the School from The Nilgiris and is remembered beyond the bounds of the School as a great scholar in Tamil. Rev. Pope gave the school its motto, "Nec Dextrorsum Nec Sinistrorsum".

    Pakenham-Walsh House was named after the Rt. Rev. Herbert Pakenham-Walsh in 1933. The Rev. Pakenham-Walsh left the wardenship ofe school in 1913 and became the first Bishop of Assam in 1915.

    Elphick House was formed in 1956 and was named after Canon Elphick, Warden from 1930 - 1955. Canon Elphick came to the School from Oxford Brotherhood in Calcutta, India.

    Thomas House was formed in memory of the late Rev. Iowerth Lowell Thomas who was the Warden from 1956 to 1970.