Commemorative plaque
Category
Brassware
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 20131
Summary
Rectangular commemorative brass plaque with inscription. The plaque commemorates the planting of an oak tree in 1872 in the garden below the Terrace Gardens associated with the building of Keble Chapel, Oxford, funded by William Gibbs.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Marks and inscriptions
KEBLE OAK. / This Tree was planted by / William Gibbs, of Tyntesfield. / on the xxxi day of October mdccclxxii, / to commemorate the visit of his friends, / the Right Hon'ble / Sir John Taylor Coleridge, / the Rev: Edward Talbot, / Warden of Keble College. / Henry Hucks Gibbs, Esquire. / the Rev: John Hardie, / and William Butterfield, Esquire, / Architect. / who met at Tyntesfield, by his desire, / on the v. day of September mdccclxxii. / to give him their counsel respecting / the Chapel which he proposes to build / at Keble College, Oxford.