The Cock Hotel in Wellington has been in the process of refurbishment for some time. In recent days as we drove past we noticed that the refurbishment was moving more quickly.
This inspired me to read up about the developments and plans inspiring me to walk to the Cock Hotel to see the results of [...]
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There & Back Again
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 11th 2021
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Oxford 2014
Tom Tower
Tom Tower is a bell tower in Oxford, England, named for its bell, Great Tom. It is over Tom Gate, on St Aldates, the main entrance of Christ Church, Oxford, which leads into Tom Quad. This square tower with an octagonal lantern and facetted ogee dome was designed by Christopher Wren and built 1681–82. The strength of Oxford architectural tradition and Christ [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 12th 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Oxford 2014
Christ Church Oxford
Christ Church was originally founded by Cardinal Wolsey as Cardinal’s College in 1524. The college buildings took over the site of St. Frideswide’s Monastery, which was suppressed by Wolsey to fund his college
The monastery dated back to the earliest days of Oxford as a settlement in the 9th Century AD. When Wolsey fell from power [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 10th 2015
