Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . tinguishedBalliol men of the past. A beautiful window has been placed in theReading Room to the memory of the late Professor of Poetry (J. C. Shairp);and in the Hall are fine portraits of Mr. A. W. Peel, Speaker of the House ofCommons, and the late Robert Browning, the poet, both in robes. Trinity College. 93 Adjoining Balliol College on the E. is 61. Trinity College, conspicuous for its gates of iron-work,now supported by massive stone piers, a copy of those in Park-street, opposite Wadham (8), represented i
Alden's Oxford guide : with an appendix entitled "Old Oxford", and a new map . tinguishedBalliol men of the past. A beautiful window has been placed in theReading Room to the memory of the late Professor of Poetry (J. C. Shairp);and in the Hall are fine portraits of Mr. A. W. Peel, Speaker of the House ofCommons, and the late Robert Browning, the poet, both in robes. Trinity College. 93 Adjoining Balliol College on the E. is 61. Trinity College, conspicuous for its gates of iron-work,now supported by massive stone piers, a copy of those in Park-street, opposite Wadham (8), represented in our engraving, p. 94. Looking through these gates (adorned with the arms of the Earl of Guildfordand the founder) the visitor will be delighted with the sweet beauty o( the NewQuadrangle, the buildings of which were completed in 1887 from the extremelypicturesque designs of Mr. T. G. Jackson. On the E. side is a fine range ofrooms for students, and on the N., adjoining the chapel, a new house for thePresident. The whole forms a noteworthy contribution to the architectural. CHAPEL AND LIBRARY. BALLIOL COLLEGE. beauties of Oxford ; the gables being specially admirable, and the decorativecarving (by Farmer and Brindley) exhibiting much freshness and variety. Thespacious lawn, with its fruit-trees full of blossom in the early summer, givespeculiar charm to the scene. The college was founded in 1554. and dedicated to the Holy and UndividedTrinity, by Sir Thomas Po,>e, ofTittenhanger, Herts, privy councillor to KingHenry VIII. and Queen Mary, and a special friend of Sir Thomas More ; onthe site of an ancient house of Benedictines calltd Durham College, founded byRichard de Hoghton Prior and the monks of the Cathedral Convent of Durham,and suppressed at the dissolution of monasteries. The Chapel, facing us, is open free in summer term from 9 to 6. 94 Aldens Oxford Guide. It is a well-proportioned building, completed in 1694 by , President of the college ; and its scree
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