. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . Exeter College. 113 62. Exeter College, which we enter from The Turl,formerly a narrow opening through the city wallinto the High-street. It derives its name from its foundation, in 1314. by WalterStapledon, Bishop of Exeter, whose design \vas frustratedby his untimely death. It was, however, incorporated bycharter of Queen Elizabeth in 1565, when Sir Wm. Petrecontributed munificently towards a second endowment. The_ W. front, by which we enter, is 220 feet in length ; its gate- ARMS OF way tower was r
. Alden's Oxford guide : with key-plan of the University and city, and numerous engravings . Exeter College. 113 62. Exeter College, which we enter from The Turl,formerly a narrow opening through the city wallinto the High-street. It derives its name from its foundation, in 1314. by WalterStapledon, Bishop of Exeter, whose design \vas frustratedby his untimely death. It was, however, incorporated bycharter of Queen Elizabeth in 1565, when Sir Wm. Petrecontributed munificently towards a second endowment. The_ W. front, by which we enter, is 220 feet in length ; its gate- ARMS OF way tower was rebuilt in 1595, 1703, and 1834, at which EXETER COLL. latter date the whole front was newly faced. Entering the large Quadra?igle, the first object which strikes the visitor is the magnificent Chapel on the N. side, built 1856-9. The Chapel is open free in term-time daily from i to 4 This master-piece of the late Sir G. G. Scott reminds us of the Sainte Chapelle in Paris,or of the choir of Lichfield Cathedral, to both of which it bears considerableresemblance. The doorway has on eit
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