September treat - Oxford’s Open Doors
On Oxford Open doors weekend you can visit rooms and buildings normally closed to the public, and other public sites are made completely free. Find also free walks and talks and other events. Have a look at https://www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk/content/events
It’s a feast!
Booking opens on 29th August. Don’t delay. Events are free and can book up quickly.
Shakespeare’s room
On this occasion I stood in a room where a freshen up revealed Elizabethan murals in a room William Shakespeare very probably frequented. Unexpectedly tucked behind a room of one-armed bandit gambling machines above a ‘bookie’ on Cornmarket.
Don’t miss this fabulous opportunity to discover a hidden Oxford.
Oxford Guild Guides can take you to special places in Oxford. However on this September weekend the door to history and beauty in Oxford opens a chink more, and visitors are welcomed to chapels, libraries, gardens, colleges, libraries and much more not usually open to the public.
We have the Oxford Preservation Society to thank for this fabulous event.
John Piper's Triptych in the out of the ordinary chapel of Nuffield college
You’ll discover an expansive choice of experiences..
Buildings that do not usually open their doors to the public include TJ Jackson’s Examination Schools. You can see the arte nouveaux interior of their manorial Jacobean exterior. The same architect of the Bridge of Sighs Have a backstage tours of theatres, and even visit the laboratories of the university’s science departments.
A favourite event for history lovers on the Oxford calendar.
As a footnote for Francophiles, the French have a similar event which opens doors across France, not only a city, also in September. Here is a link in case you a curieuse. It is also and fabulous event.
https://chateausurvivor.medium.com/some-reflections-on-winter-fuels-35bbefd69ff9?sk=eec1e5477c3523755fd740322b1c1e16
Enjoy!
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