Chapel and Quad. Source: Lang. Click on images to enlarge them.
Almost all the present buildings are quite modern. The Chapel, a fair specimen of the heavy classic of the Georgian period, was begun in 1728, the year of Dr. Johnson's entrance into the college, and consecrated by Bp. Potter in 1732. Its interior, hitherto plain even to ugliness, was in 1885 transformed into "a thing of beauty,"' from designs by Mr. C. E. Kempe. The Reredos consists of beautifully veined pale marble columns enclosing a fine painting copied from a Rubens at Antwerp, over a super-altar of carved alabaster. The windows are filled with stained glass, and the walls and ceiling glow with gold and colours.”
Pembroke College. Source: Album of Oxford Photographs.
In 1829-30, the N. front of the college and other portions were altered to the Gothic style; in 1854-6 a new wing was built, the Fellows' buildings were added, and the Library (the old refectory of Broadgates) was greatly improved. In 1890 a gallery was added to provide room for the large bequest of books, from the late Prof. Chandler's collection. The Hall, facing it, was erected in 1848, from designs by Mr. C. Hayward. Its stained glass windows bear the arms of benefactors, and there are several portraits on its walls” (Alden's Oxford Guide, 77)
References
Album of Oxford Photographs containing 20 Views printed by the permanent collotype process. Oxford: Miss Beesley, Fancy Stationery Repository, 43, High Street, Oxford, nd. Internet Archive version of a copy in St. Michael's College Toronto. 4 October 2012.
Artistic Colored Views of Oxford Being Proof Sheets of the Postcards of Oxford. Oxford: E. Cross, nd. Internet Archive version of a copy in St. Michael's College Toronto. 3 October 2012.
Lang, Elsie M. The Oxford Colleges. London: T. Werner. HathiTrust online version of a copy in the University of Michigan Library. Web. 3 December 2022.
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