STONYHURST College is set to appear on The One Show as part of a feature on a pioneering photographer from Hurst Green.

Roger Fenton, who is famed for his photographs during the Crimean War in the 19th Century, took snap shots of the college during his life.

He took three sets of 50 photographs between the summer of 1858 and January 1859.

A TV crew filmed at the 400-year-old school yesterday and the feature will be broadcast within the next two weeks, but programme makers were keeping tight lipped on the exact date.

The crew set about restaging Fenton’s old photos and them comparing to the originals.

Among the locations picked by the TV crew include ‘The Plunge’, the country’s first indoor swimming pool, the reflectory which dates back to the 17th Century and the Jesuit Garden.

Photographer Giles Duley, who lost three limbs in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2011, is leading the project and said that he was inspired to take up photograph by Roger Fenton.

He said: “If there were 100 photographers who came to the same location, each one would stand in a different place.

“I was curious to see where I would stand in relation to where Fenton did.”

Stonyhurst headmaster Andrew Johnson said: “We are delighted that The One Show will be featuring Stonyhurst in their article about the work of Roger Fenton.

“His interest in and portrayal of the outstanding beauty of our building and grounds is reflected in an extraordinary photographic collection which is part of Stonyhurst’s unique heritage.

“Perhaps the photographic collection of Roger Fenton may have been an inspiration for former pupils like Tim Hetherington, one of our acclaimed alumni, a filmmaker and himself a war photographer, who sadly lost his life in the conflict in Libya.

“Here in the Ribble Valley, we know about Stonyhurst’s unique heritage, but nationally there may be those who are unaware that this beautiful building holds such treasures as the first indoor swimming pool, the first indoor sports hall and the first observatory in any school in the world, all highlighted by Fenton’s photographs.”