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Cornell University Library, one of the leading academic research libraries in the United States, is part of the academic information infrastructure at Cornell University. At the heart of our mission is a commitment to supporting teaching, research, outreach, and learning. With that in mind, the Library is exploring Flickr as a way to make digital images from our collections available to the world at large. These images are already in the public domain and free from copyright restriction. Please feel free to leave comments and notes on individual pictures, or contact us via Flickr Mail. We'd love to hear from you!

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Nineteenth-century House

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  • Hans-Bernd Abel said:
    No. 31, Banbury Road, North Oxford, seen from east. Built in 1866, architect: William Wilkinson Named 'The Firs', this building is illustrated in Mr. Wilkinson's book "English Country Houses" (Plates XIII and XIV). Decades later (before 1953, exact date unknown), The Firs was aquired by St. Anne's Society (formerly Society of Oxford Home-Students) in order to extend accommodation capabilities of Springfield St. Mary which was originally established by Anglican nuns at No. 33 Banbury Road (partially visible on the right, also imaged here and here in this album). After receiving college status in 1952, and stimulated by generous fundings from Wolfson and Rayne Foundations, St. Anne's developed ambitious plans for new accommodation buildings, a total of 6 blocks of which only 2 were finally realized. No. 31 Banbury Road had to make way for the second one, Rayne Building and was demolished in 1966. Sources: - T. Hinchcliffe: North Oxford (Yale Univ. Press) - Internet Archive (archive.org) for "English Country Houses" - Historic England Archive, Red Box Collection, Photographs by Peter Spencer Spokes - History of the Nettleship Library (VI): A String of Pearls, found at St. Anne's College's web site.

Nineteenth-century English House

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  • Hans-Bernd Abel said:
    No. 115 Woodstock Road, North Oxford, seen from the east. Built in 1869, architect unknown. Named "Burnham House". Among the residents of No. 115 were Robert Buckell, Mayor of Oxford 1885-1918, and Percy Elford, Fellow of St. John's College and Chief Education Officer. Together with no. 117 (partially visible on the right), the house became the main building of St Faith's school in 1919 for more than fourty years. Demolished ca. 1969 to make way for the "Butler Close" apartment buildings. Sources: - T. Hinchcliffe: North Oxford (Yale Univ. Press) - Historic England Archive, Red Box Collection "Oxford, Oxon" - A. Spokes Symmonds: The Changing Faces of North Oxford, Book II View the other photographs of Victorian Architecture of North Oxford in this album.

Nineteenth-century English House

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  • Hans-Bernd Abel said:
    No. 3, Norham Gardens, named "Garford House". Grade II listed. Built in 1866/67, architect: Charles Buckeridge. This photograph shows the house just like it was originally built. Later, in the 1890s it was heavily extended (by about 50%) to the west (right), the entrance was moved to the street side and a large porch was added. The conservatory seen here was demolished, a new one being built at the houses' southeast side. Photographs from the 1960s show a second entrance door, vanished again in the 2000s, thus this house would have had been temporarily subdivided into multiple flats. That's why the brickwork of the front fassade looks a bit cobbled together today. Offered for sale at £ 5.5m in 2017, finally sold in 2022 to Atlantic Institute who refurbished the house as an 8-bedroom fellows residence and named it "Kopanong". The house in the background on the left is No. 5 Norham Gardens (by W. WIlkinson, 1865) which, although later divided into 4 flats, has retained its original character since 150 years. Sources: - T. Hinchcliffe: North Oxford (Yale Univ. Press) - Historic England Archive, Red Box Collection

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