Oxford (Haslehust and How) (page 3/4)

Fisher Row (narrow street by a canal) by the tower of Oxford Castle

Fisher Row and Remains of Oxford Castle

The square tower in the background is part of the remains of Oxford Castle.

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The Cottages, Worcester College Gardens, Oxford, with flowers

The Cottages, Worcester College Gardens

Not a little has the modern revival of gardening, which has brought back the old herbaceous border, added to the charm of cottage gardens. [p. 25] [more...]

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Old Clarendon Building, Broad Street, Oxford

The Old Clarendon Building, Broad Street

...the Clarendon Building with its lofty pillared porch, where once the University Press was housed. [p. 30]

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Christ Church College, Oxford

Christ Church

Now let us stroll on – ’tis but a step – to Christ Church. Sometimes it seems as though this should take precedence of all other colleges. Its chapel is Oxford’s Cathedral, its quadrangles are the finest, its founder was in some ways the most famous; and lastly (and of least account), if one who has tried the task of “seeing Oxford” in an afternoon [...] [p. 37] [more...]

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Brasenose College and Radcliffe Library Rotunda, Oxford

Brasenose College and Radcliffe Library Rotunda

... the great dome of the Radcliffe Camera rose up in the space between All Souls and brasenose colleges, and was thenceforth the first object to take the eye of one [...] [p. 10] [more...]

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Botanical Gardens and Magdalan College Tower, Oxford

Botanic Gardens and Magdalan Tower

The Botanical Gardens by Magdalan Bridge. Their situation on the brink of the River Cherwell, and almost under the shadow of Magdalan Tower, is what probably appeals most strongly to the ordinary observer, while those who merely pass the gardens by will delight in the gateway, the work of Inigo Jones, with its statues of Charles I and II. Formal these gardens are of necessity, but there hangs [...] [more...]

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