Merton in lockdown, Spring 2020
Whilst the College, like the rest of the UK, was in lockdown, spring visited us nonetheless. Head Porter Huw took these photographs on one of his regular patrols of the main precinct, and hopes they may offer some positivity in these challenging times.
View from an archway to the Merton Chapel garden
The Merton Chapel garden
The Merton Chapel garden and Grove
Dead Man's Walk pathway
Fellows' Quad
Fellows' Quad and the Fitzjames Arch
Fellows' Quad
A corner of the Fellows' Quad building seen from the Sundial Lawn
Fellows' Quad seen from the Fitzjames Arch
Fellows' Quad seen from the Fitzjames Arch
Fellows' Quad seen from the Fitzjames Arch
Front Quad seen from the Fitzjames Arch
The Hall
Merton College Chapel, seen from a Front Quad archway
The Fitzjames Arch and Hall
The Hall and Chapel, Merton College
Front Quad, seen from the Chapel east end
Grove and Chestnut Lawn
Grove and Mob Library, seen across Chestnut Lawn
The Hall, seen from the Lodge
Mob Quad, seen from an archway
Mob Quad
An empty Merton Street
An empty Merton Street
An empty Merton Street
OWL
Rose Lane accommodation
Rose Lane accommodation from the Warden's Lodgings archway
Sundial Lawn
Sundial Lawn
A view of Fellows Quad buildings and St Albans Quad from the Tolkien Table
A view of Merton Field and the College
Fellows Garden walkway
The War Memorial under the Fitzjames Archway
The view under the main Lodge gateway
Mob Quad arches
The Queen's Room and Fitzjames Arch