1682-Matron's College, Salisbury,Wilts UK
N 51° 04.001 W 001° 47.857
30U E 584248 N 5657928
The Matron's College is a fine 17th century building in the Cathedral Close at Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Waymark Code: WM5WKV
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/21/2009
Views: 13
Before the Reformation there was a building on this site which housed the priest who served the Crown Chantry in the cathedral. Bishop Ward purchased the freehold from a city merchant Thomas Hawles. The Bishop used the land for the building of a Matrons College to provide a sheltered home for ten widows of clergy from the Diocese of Salisbury and Exeter. The building was built in the style of Christopher Wren. It was finished in March 1682 by Thomas Glover, a local builder, from Harnham just across the River Avon. The new college cost £1,193 12s 6d and the detailed specifications for the building right down to the locks, keys and purbeck floor stones are still kept in the cathedral archives.
Year of construction: 1682
Full inscription:
Collegium Hoc Matronarium
Do Oo Mo
Humillime Dedicavit
Sethus Episcopus Sarum
Anno Domini
MDCLXXXII
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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