Pope’s Tower and chapel at Stanton Harcourt in Oxfordshire, England. Square crop of 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. Square crop of 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.
Size: 8738px × 8738px
Location: Pope's Tower and chapel, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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