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Trinity’s is the only chapel in Oxford to contain the tomb of the college founder: Sir Thomas Pope is buried with his wife Elizabeth and their monument is to the left of the altar. They and all Trinity’s benefactors are remembered week by week in our prayers.
- Chapel History
The chapel was consecrated in 1694 and was hailed by...
- Chapel History
The chapel was consecrated in 1694 and was hailed by contemporaries as the most magnificent chapel in the University. Its dynamic integration of architecture, sculpture and painting is unrivalled amongst surviving ecclesiastical interiors in England.
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Apr 2, 2018 · The Chapel of Trinity College, Oxford: A return to splendour. John Goodall April 2, 2018. Credit: Will Pryce/©Country Life Picture Library. Top story. One of Oxford’s most admired interiors has been revived, as John Goodall reports. Photographs by Will Pryce.
- The Reredos and The East Wall
- The Reredos
- The screen
- Other Works
- Re-opened and Resplendent
A condition report on the timber carvings, panelling and decorative works revealed that much of the oak panelling was in good order, but that the Grinling Gibbons carvings which form the pièce de résistance around the starburst panel above the altar were in need of careful conservation. There was also concern that the reredos panelling was set agai...
Early on, the decision was taken to carry out detailed research to try to establish the original appearance of the different woodwork features of the reredos. One of the most exciting outcomes has been confirmation that the carvings, in limewood, oak and exotic hardwood, are all the work of Grinling Gibbons. One of the most famous craftsmen of his ...
The figures of the Evangelists, which rest on the pediment of the antechapel screen along with their symbols – a winged bull, an eagle, a winged lion and an angel – as well as the two Victories on the pediment of the reredos, are carved in oak and rare Bermudan cedar (Juniperus bermudiana). This type of cedar is no longer available because the tree...
The north and south walls are lined with oak panelling as a backdrop to the fixed stalls and pews facing towards the aisle. These too had been over-waxed, stained and polished. They were cleaned back to remove the layers of wax and repaired at the same time. The supports to the raised floors beneath the pews had deteriorated over time and many were...
Following one of the most comprehensive conservation and cleaning programmes it has ever undergone, the Grade I listed chapel re-opened in April 2016. After a year’s closure and a great deal of painstaking work, it is once again resplendent. Over 50 craftspeople were involved in this major project, which is probably the most significant and wide-ra...
The arrangement of the wooden stalls (bench seats) along the sides of the Chapel is typical of Cambridge and Oxford colleges. The stalls, panelling, organ screen and reredos date from the early eighteenth century.
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Trinity College. Trinity College (full name: The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope (Knight)[5]) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford [6] in England. The college was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas Pope, on land previously occupied by Durham College ...
