WORCESTER COLLEGE
Formerly the Benedictine College of Gloucester
OXFORD 

 

 

THE MEDIEVAL BENEDICTINE FOUNDATION of GLOUCESTER COLLEGE
Became the Modern Worcester College, Oxford
IN the late thirteenth century, the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter at Gloucester (later secularized by King Henry VIII as Gloucester Cathedral) established a monastic house of studies on the outskirts of Oxford. Gloucester College initially served as a place of study for thirteen monks but, in time, other Benedictine abbeys recognized the advantages of bringing their students together.
 

GLOUCESTER HALL - ST. JOHN'S  1675 / formerly GLOUCESTER COLLEGE
 
FIFTEEN abbeys would eventually have distinct lodgings for their monks within Gloucester College. The medieval cottages in the Main Quad, the Senior Common Room in Staircases 1 and 2, and the student accommodation in Pump Quad all date from this period – the shields above the doorways denote which building belonged to which abbey.
 

 

 

 
 

ORIGINAL MEDIEVAL COTTAGES of BENEDICTINE GLOUCESTER COLLEGE
(Contemporary Benedictine Monk and Doctoral Candidate, Bro. John Baptist)
 
 
 

WORCESTER COLLEGE TODAY

 
 
 

WORCESTER COLLEGE ENTRANCE

MATRICULATION
 
 

WORCESTER QUAD (and Two Monks)
 
 

WORCESTER QUAD (Former Monastic Buildings)

WORCESTER QUAD (New Buildings)
 
 
 

WORCESTER GARDEN

WORCESTER PLAYING FIELD
 
 
 

WORCESTER CHAPEL
 
 
 

WORCESTER CHAPEL PAINTINGS
 
 
 

MAGDALEN TOWER, BRIDGE, and PUNTS

BRO. JOHN BAPTIST PUNTS for THE FIRST TIME
 
 
 

PUNTING MONKS REST

CONTENTED PUNTER

 
 
 

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