The Meadow Building
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| The Meadow Building | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Venetian |
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| YearTemplate:Pluralize from text built | 1862–66 |
| Design and construction | |
| ArchitectTemplate:Pluralize from text | Thomas Deane |
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Official name | Christchurch, Meadow Buildings |
| Designated | 29 January 1968 |
| Reference no. | 1198863 |
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The Meadow Building (known as "Meadows" to students, aka Meadow Buildings[1]) is part of Christ Church, Oxford, England, one of the Oxford colleges, looking out south onto Christ Church Meadow on Broad Walk and then along the straight tree-lined Poplar Walk to the River Thames.
The building is used as the public entrance for paying visitors to Christ Church instead of the main entrance under Tom Tower in St Aldate's.[2]
History and description
The building was constructed in 1862–66 to the designs of Sir Thomas Deane of Dublin in the Venetian style (favoured by the Christ Church art historian John Ruskin).[1] Single rooms in the Meadow Building look out over either the college or the Christ Church Meadow, although originally, college undergraduates would be given a suite of rooms with views overlooking both sides. Recent building work has converted most of these rooms to ensuite while leaving one staircase, which is primarily non-residential, as was.[citation needed]
When it was first built, the relative distance of the Meadow Building from the more fashionable Peckwater and Canterbury Quads meant that it was considered the least desirable accommodation in college.[citation needed]
Pevsner described it is a "joyless building".[1]
Literary references
The building has featured in a number of books:
Gallery
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South facade of the building.
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View looking northeast.
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View from immediately to its south.
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View looking northwest, back towards St Aldate's Street.
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View from the south along Poplar Walk, looking across Broad Walk.
See also
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References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). "Meadow Buildings". The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Penguin Books. p. 124. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jebb, Miles (1992). "Christ Church". The Colleges of Oxford. A Constable guide. London: Constable. p. 59. ISBN 0 09 469180 0.
