Description:The College was founded in 1857 and was located in this building on the south side of the Cathedral Close from 1872. The Theological College closed in 1972. The chapel was built in 1885 and in 1980 was converted into an educational and social centre, known as the Refectory. The walls are covered with stencilled decoration.
This picture is from an album of photographs taken by Thomas Harvey Boycott (1876-1949) who lived with his widowed mother, Fanny Maria, whose family had lived at Handsacre Hall as farmers, together with his unmarried aunt, Sarah Elizabeth Harvey. Harvey was a Clerk at Lichfield District Probate Court and a skilled amateur photographer. The album was a parting gift from Harvey and his mother to the Rev. R.E. Grice-Hutchinson (1885-1976) who was Curate of Armitage with Pipe Ridware 1909-1913.