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==Architecture== [[File:Lincoln College Dining Hall, Oxford - Diliff.jpg|thumb|The college dining hall|300px|alt=]] According to [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], Lincoln College preserves "more of the character of a 15th century college than any other in Oxford". This is mainly because both the faΓ§ade to [[Turl Street]] and the front [[Quadrangle (architecture)|quad]] are still of only two storeys (although the [[parapet]]s and [[battlement]]s are of the 19th century). The college also owns most of the buildings across Turl Street from the college proper, in whole or in part, which chiefly contain student accommodation. The creeper that covers the college's front quad walls is [[Virginia creeper]] (''Parthenocissus quinquefolia'') β dark green in the summer through to scarlet in autumn, but bare in winter.<ref>{{cite web |title=Message from the Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford |url=http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/31/38/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227133358/http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/31/38/ |archive-date=27 February 2009}}</ref> There are three quads: the Front Quad (15th century), the Chapel Quad (1608β1631) and The Grove (19th century), as well as a number of irregular spaces. Unlike many other colleges, all of the architecture of the college proper is stone and there is no modern accommodation annexe. To quote the Lincoln College [[Fresher]]s' Handbook, "Unlike most colleges, we have no grotty sixties annexe to spoil all the pretty bits".<ref>''Freshers' Handbook 2008'', p.5</ref> The college bar, Deep Hall (or ''Deepers''), is immediately below the great hall and used to be the college beer cellar. It is one of the oldest parts of the college, and the pillars inside it are perhaps the oldest feature of the college.{{citation needed|date=March 2009}} The wine cellar is accessed through Deep Hall, and extends completely beneath the Grove. The Rector's lodgings in Turl Street are [[Neo-Georgian architecture|neo-Georgian]] and were built in 1929β1930; they are reached from within college through a gate in Chapel Quad, but have a main door on Turl Street.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} The college is known as being the setting for many literary works. [[C. P. Snow]] was inspired for his novel ''[[The Masters (novel)|The Masters]]'' by the story of [[Mark Pattison (academic)|Mark Pattison]], a fellow at Lincoln, whose enthusiastic hopes for Lincoln were frustrated by older, more conservative fellows of the college; Snow's story transposes the story to a Cambridge College.<ref>{{cite web |title=A 19th Century History of Lincoln College, Oxford |url=http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/430/142/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305140500/http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/430/142/ |archive-date=5 March 2009}}</ref> It was the setting for three episodes of ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''. Later, ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'' has used Turl Street in front of the college for filming. Lincoln College is the setting for much of the plot in ''Heresy'' by S.J. Parris (pseudonym for the literary critic [[Stephanie Merritt]]), a historical crime novel.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kerridge|first=Jake|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/7568575/Genre-Crime.html|title=Genre: Crime|website=The Telegraph|date=14 April 2010|access-date=21 July 2022}}</ref> Lincoln College has one of the oldest working medieval kitchens in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Kitchen Fund |url=https://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/The-Kitchen-Fund |website=www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=April 2025}} ===Chapel=== [[File:Oxford - Lincoln College - Chapel Quad - Chapel.JPG|thumb|Chapel quad]] [[File:Oxford - Lincoln College - Chapel Stained Glass Window.JPG|left|thumb|150px|East window of the chapel]] The college [[chapel]] was built in late [[Perpendicular Period#Perpendicular Gothic|perpendicular style]] between 1629 and 1631; its windows are enamelled rather than stained, which is a process of painting the windows then firing them, a complicated procedure. They are the work of [[Abraham van Linge]], who was an expert in this technique. The east window of the chapel depicts twelve biblical scenes: the top six depict scenes from Jesus' life (including the [[Last Supper]]), whilst the six below depict corresponding scenes from the [[Old Testament]] (including [[Adam and Eve]] at [[Genesis creation myth|Creation]] and the whale spitting out [[Jonah]]). The north windows show the [[Prophet#Christianity|Twelve Prophets]], and the south windows the [[Twelve Apostles]]. The screen separating the [[ante-chapel]] (containing the organ) from the chapel proper is made of cedar, and reportedly filled the chapel with the strong scent of cedar for around the first one hundred years of its existence.<ref name="chapel">{{cite web |title=The Chapel at Lincoln College, Oxford |url=http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/76/43/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304151701/http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/76/43 |archive-date=4 March 2009}}</ref> Much of the chapel was restored in a project beginning in 1999, having been deemed to be in unacceptable disrepair in the early 1990s, when a funding campaign began. The black slate and white marble tiles were repaired, cleaned and replaced where necessary, whilst most of the age damage was to be found in the woodwork, which was suffering greatly from poor ventilation and having been laid directly on to earth, resulting in worm and [[wet rot]]. Cracks in the enamel of the windows were also repaired where most obvious and disfiguring. The renovations were made with the intention of preserving the chapel's 17th-century character as much as possible.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Moore |first=Susan |title=Doctrine and life, colours and light combine to celebrate the glory of God in the restored chapel of Lincoln College. |journal=The Field |date=April 1998}}</ref> The chapel has remained much unchanged since the wooden figurines (of [[Saint Peter]], [[Saint Paul]], [[Moses]] and [[Aaron]]) were placed on the front pews and the carved ceiling was installed in the 1680s.<ref name="chapel"/> ===Library=== [[File:All Saints Church Oxford (1).jpg|thumb|[[All Saints Church, Oxford|All Saints Church]], now Lincoln College's library, on the [[High Street, Oxford|High Street]]]] [[File:Library of Lincoln College, Oxford.jpg|left|thumb|270x270px|Inside the college library]] [[File:Lincoln College Library tower and Brasenose College from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin - geograph.org.uk - 729890.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A view of Lincoln College Library Tower, formerly All Saints Church, with Brasenose College in the foreground]] Perhaps the college's most striking feature, its library, is located in the converted 18th-century [[All Saints Church, Oxford|All Saints Church]] handed over to the college in 1971. All Saints church tower is a feature of Oxford's skyline, one of the city's "[[The Dreaming Spires|dreaming spires]]". After the church spire collapsed in 1700, amateur architect and [[Dean of Christ Church, Oxford|Dean of Christ Church]] [[Henry Aldrich]] designed a new church. It is believed, however, that on some of the later features of the church, particularly on the tower and spire, the work of [[Nicholas Hawksmoor]], the [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] [[architects|architect]], is to be found. The tower has a full peal of eight bells, which are regularly rung.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Its library holds some 60,000 books. Graduates and undergraduates are able to work in the building until 2.00 a.m. most nights; the [[Bodleian]] and faculty libraries have earlier closing times.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/libraries/guides/LIN.html |title=Lincoln College Library at OULS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224172507/http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/libraries/guides/LIN.html |archive-date=24 December 2008 }}</ref> It is kept up-to-date by regular purchases, and welcomes suggestions for books pertinent to studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/831/548/ |title=Lincoln College Library Information |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305085637/http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/831/548/ |archive-date= 5 March 2009 }}</ref> The upper reading room, or Cohen Room, has an elaborate plastered ceiling and the Senior Library (downstairs) holds some of the college's older books, including pamphlets from the [[English Civil War]], Wesleyana, and plays dating from the late 17th and early 18th centuries, as well as a small collection of manuscripts. The science library is also to be found downstairs. Access to the library is generally restricted to current students and staff at the college, although alumni may use the library if acceptable justification is provided.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/382/90/ |title=A History of Lincoln College Library |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531005312/http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/content/view/382/90/ |archive-date=31 May 2008 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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