Pope’s Tower and chapel at Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire, England. Copperplate engraving by Richard Godfrey (1728 - 1795), from a drawing by Francis Grose (1731 - 1791), published in 1785 in Grose’s ‘The Antiquities of England and Wales’. Pope’s Tower, with a chapel on the ground floor and priest’s lodgings above, was built c. 1460 - 1470 of limestone ashlar. Alexander Pope lodged here in 1717 - 1718 while translating the Iliad.
Pope’s Tower and chapel at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England. Copperplate engraving first published in ‘The Antiquities of England and Wales’ by Francis Grose (1731 - 1791). Engraved by Richard Godfrey (1728 - 1795), from a drawing by Francis Grose. ‘The Antiquities’ was published in London by Samuel Hooper 1772 - 1787. This engraving has the inscription ‘Pub 7 March 1785 by S. Hooper’. The medieval manor house of Stanton Harcourt was almost entirely demolished c. 1750. The principal remains include a tower (‘Pope’s Tower’) which had a chapel on the ground floor and priest’s lodgings above. Alexander Pope lodged here in 1717 - 1718 while translating the Iliad. Pope’s Tower was built c. 1460 - 1470 of limestone ashlar. It has a crenellated parapet with gargoyles beneath. Francis Grose was an English antiquary and draughtsman who aimed to make the past more intelligible to non-specialists. Grose’s ‘Antiquities’ was a vast, abundantly illustrated project and its full title was: ‘The Antiquities of England and Wales; Being a Collection of Views of the Most remarkable Ruins and antient (sic) Buildings, Accurately drawn on the spot. To each view is added An Historical Account of its Situation, when & by whom built, with every interesting Circumstance relating thereto. Collected from the best authorities.’ Richard Bernard Godfrey was a topographical watercolourist and printmaker who produced illustrations for Grose’s ‘Antiquities’ and for the ‘Antiquarian Repertory’ (1775 - 1786) of which he was publisher and editor.
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Location: Pope’s Tower and chapel, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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