Victoria College, Jersey
Victoria College is an example of Victorian Gothic Revival
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| Motto |
Amat Victoria Curam (Victory favours those who take pains) |
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| Established | 1852 |
| Type | Selective, Fee-Paying State School |
| Head Master | Alun Watkins B.Ed. (Hons), FRSA |
| Chairman of the Governors | Mr Brian Watt & Jonathan Giles (Vice-Chair) |
| Founders | States of Jersey |
| Location |
Saint Helier Jersey |
| Staff | 53 |
| Students | 693 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Houses | 5 |
| Colours | Black and gold |
| Former pupils | Old Victorians |
| Close links | Pembroke College, Oxford; Jesus College, Oxford; Exeter College, Oxford; Bedford School; Jersey College for Girls |
| Rival | Elizabeth College, Guernsey De La Salle College, Jersey |
| Visitor | Reigning Monarch (Queen Elizabeth II) |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 49°11′08″N 2°05′48″W / 49.1856°N 2.0966°W
Victoria College (French: Collège Victoria) is a selective, fee paying States of Jersey-provided school in membership of the HMC, in St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. The castellated neo-gothic architecture (architect: J. Hayward) is a landmark overlooking the town.
Following the visit of Queen Victoria to Jersey in 1846, the merits of a private college for the instruction of Jersey's male youth were recognized. The grounds of the Mount Pleasant property were purchased to provide a site for the building. The architect J. C. Buckler was selected for the project,but as a result of unacceptable budget over-runs, he was replaced by John Hayward of Exeter. Hayward's Gothic Revival design – a tall medieval hall framed with hexagonal turrets – is predominantly faced in grey and pink granite with sandstone tracery.
The foundation stone of the new college was laid with great ceremony on Victoria's birthday 24 May 1850. Most shops in Saint Helier closed for the day and 12,000 spectators were estimated to have attended the occasion. A military parade crossed the town of Saint Helier to the site of the ceremony, followed shortly afterwards by the members of the States of Jersey who adjourned the legislative sitting to attend. The Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey joined the dignitaries at the Temple in the grounds of the site. The Bailiff of Jersey laid in the foundations a box containing copies of the Acts of the States relating to the college, Jersey coins, and two medallions, one of silver, the other of bronze, depicting the arrival of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in Jersey in 1846, and a copper plate engraved with an inscription of the date of the founding of the college and the names of States Members, Officers of the Royal Court and the architect. With the foundation stone, carved with Masonic symbols, in place, the Lieutenant-Governor ceremonially laid the stone by striking it with a trowel. All the Members of the States in turn then proceeded to tap the stone with a mallet three times.
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