Balliol College plans to spend £3 million in order to take over one of Oxford’s oldest churches, St. Cross Church.
The church, which is the burial ground of Wind in the Willows’ Kenneth Grahame, will be converted into a Historical Collection Centre for the college’s hallowed archives.
Balliol’s new relationship with St. Cross promises to make a “long lasting contribution…to heritage and scholarship”, according to Balliol’s Master Andrew Graham.
Low attendance at local services is thought to be the main reason for the move.
