A Carthusian monastery or convent; also historically the name of a notable British school founded in such a monastery.
From charter (in reference to a monastic charter) plus house. The Charterhouse School in London was established in a former Carthusian monastery.
Charterhouse evokes one of the most exclusive British boarding schools, founded in 1611 from the ruins of a medieval monastery—where old money meets old monks!
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