As a significant centre of education in the region, Litomyšl acquired another educational institute in 1886 – the Winter School of Farming, where teaching took place only five months of the year, and which was located on the premises of house No. 50 in the town square, and later in the so-called Brachtl House in Záhradi. It was not until the school merged with the Summer School of Farming that the school board decided to build their own school in the undeveloped area in the north-east of the town.
The designs for the school, which also included a student hostel and outbuildings (e.g. barn, granary, cow shed, pig sty, etc.), were carried out by the chief regional engineer Jan Beneš in 1908. From an architectural point of view, the designer concentrated on the main school building, choosing to decorate the facade in the Neo-renaissance style favoured for buildings and institutes of educational character. Similarly to the Girls' School (02-22), the building took its cues from Pernštejn Chateau, especially with its stepped attic gables. The yellow-white facade was originally decorated with a belt of bossage and ornamental cornices above the first-floor windows.
During the Second World War (in 1941), partial construction modifications were carried out according to designs by Brno architect, František Kalivoda, so the building could function as a German hostel (Schüllerheim), where the children of Czech collaborators were Germanised. The most significant construction changes were in the 1970s when the Nursing School of Higher Education resided there. A dining hall was added to the north wing and the originally ornate facade was replaced with smooth cement rendering with sections in red, regardless of the original architectural design.
Although the building is not listed, the management of the present-day Horticultural and Technical College recently carried out a sympathetic reconstruction. The original colour layout of the building was restored, as were many of its relief features.
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