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Pembroke College
Heritage Open Day: Join a guided tour of Pembroke's charming quads, dating from the 15th to the 21st century, and explore over 400 years of stories held within our walls. John Betjeman, the famous Poet Laureate, author and broadcaster, and a former secretary of the Oxford Preservation Trust, who wrote of Pembroke:
How empty, creeper grown and odd
Seems lonely Pembroke’s second quad
Still when I see it do I wonder why
That College so polite and shy
Should have more character than Queen’s
Or Univ, splendid in the High.
The tour will start with Old Quad which originates from the College’s foundation in 1624, after which construction began.
How empty, creeper grown and odd
Seems lonely Pembroke’s second quad
Still when I see it do I wonder why
That College so polite and shy
Should have more character than Queen’s
Or Univ, splendid in the High.
The tour will start with Old Quad which originates from the College’s foundation in 1624, after which construction began.
Saturday 13 September and Sunday 14 September
St. Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 1DW
Sat 13 Sep:TBC; Sun 14 Sep:TBC; Free Entry.
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