OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWorcester College è stato fondato nel 1714 da Sir Thomas Cookes, una baronetta del Worcestershire, con il college che ha ottenuto il suo nome dal
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5 maggio 2016
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWorcester College was founded in 1714 by Sir Thomas Cookes, a Worcestershire baronet, with the college gaining its name from the county of Worcestershire. Its predecessor, Gloucester College, had been an institution of learning on the same site since the late 13th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539. Its chapel, shown here, is quite unlike any other college chapel I have seen in Oxford or Cambridge Universities - and I have seen and photographed dozens! It was built by James Wyatt in the 18th century in classical style. It was then re-decorated, in decidedly Victorian style, from 1864 and 1866 by William Burges. As a result, the interior is highly unusual and decorative; being predominantly pink, the pews are decorated with carved animals, including kangaroos and whales, and the walls are riotously colourful, and include frescoes of dodos and peacocks. Its stained glass windows were to have been designed by John Everett Millais, but Burges rejected his designs and entrusted the work to Henry Holiday.
