Photograph of Winchester College, Winchester
Taken about 1870
This photograph, which looks north-east from the recreation area known as The Meads where there is apparently a pause in playing cricket, gives a glimpse of several important buildings of Winchester College.
In the foreground is School, built in the 1680s as a classroom where several classes would study at any one time. To the right can be seen the cloister wall and a corner of Fromond's fifteenth century chantry chapel which is situated within the cloister and was also used as a library. Beyond that is the chapel which was one of the original College buildings; beside it is the tall fifteenth century bell tower which was rebuilt 1862-3.
The photograph was taken by Winchester photographer William Savage (1817-87) and is found in an album of his work.
