Members only event.
The AGM meeting will take place on Friday afternoon at Keble College, followed by casework updates from the Society’s conservation advisers. Rev Prof William Whyte will deliver the Friday evening lecture, before the day concludes with a reception and dinner in the magnificent surroundings of the Keble College Hall.
The Society has secured ensuite residential accommodation (includes breakfast in hall) for delegates on Keble’s magnificent Grade I-listed quad, designed by Butterfield in 1868.
Saturday will take in the Oratory, where a recent scheme of conservation has uncovered murals by Gabriel Pippet, now revealed and restored for the first time since the 1950s. The tour will then take in the remarkable chapel at Pusey House, designed by Temple Moore, the Martyrs Memorial and the church of St Mary Magdalene, which was restored and extended by George Gilbert Scott in the 1840s. The party will then proceed to Balliol College, principally to see the Butterfield chapel, as well as significant work there by Waterhouse and Blore. A day of highlights will finish at T. G. Jackson’s memorable Examination Schools.
Sunday’s programme will be built around a visit to Exeter College to see Scott’s extraordinary chapel and his recently refurbished library. Lunch will be served in the Hall at Exeter, where William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones dined whilst students at Oxford in the 1850s. Sunday will also include a visit to Jesus College to see its chapel, restored by G. E. Street in the 1860s. In addition, attendees will be given access to the recently restored chapel of Harris Manchester College, which has a complete set of fine glass designed by Morris and Burne-Jones.
COST: £275 per person for the AGM and weekend activities (non-residential). All visits, admissions, gratuities, dinner on the Friday evening, refreshments on Saturday morning and lunch on Sunday are included.
Image: Keble College, Oxford