Exposing another curious hidden history in the design of the College, Prof. Mark Goldie explains how not everything went to plan when the original site was constructed.
While most of the original site was constructed in line with the plans of the architects Richard Sheppard, Robson and Partners, there was at least one notable alteration.
The original plans saw the chapel take a prominent position at the front of the College, on Storey’s Way. Following a sometimes acrimonious debate amongst the College fellowship about whether a 20th century College focused on science and technology should have a chapel or not, this was abandoned. A compromise was later achieved when the independent Chapel Trust was given permission to construct a building at the other end of the College site, close to the University’s observatories, for the use by members of all faiths and none.
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