13 photographic images showing Denton's Commons, Windsor Castle, either just before or during its demolition in 1859. A number of the images were used in W H St John Hope, 'Windsor Castle: An Architectural History'.
Denton's Commons was established in 1519 by James Denton, a canon of Windsor, to provide lodgings for choristers and chantry priests associated with the college. The building was constructed within the remains of a twelfth century building in an area between the Horseshoe and the Dean's Cloisters in the Lower Ward of Windsor Castle. The building was demolished in 1859 and the area is now an open space.
Although some of the images were used by W H St John Hope in his book 'Windsor Castle: An Architectural History', Hope does not credit the photographer. He does write that "the admirable photographs taken for the work, mainly by Mr Arthur Tedman..."; however it is unclear whether Tedman did in fact take all (or indeed any) of the images of Denton's Commons. The collection of negatives was accessioned with the name 'Raymond Roberts', although the exact association of this name with the collection is unclear.
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Post Medieval College Lodgings, Medieval Castle
