ST JOHNS COLLEGE, CANTERBURY QUADRANGLE

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1183654
Date first listed:: 12-Jan-1954
List Entry Name:: ST JOHNS COLLEGE, CANTERBURY QUADRANGLE
Statutory Address:: ST JOHNS COLLEGE, CANTERBURY QUADRANGLE

User submitted image — Uploaded by David Lovell This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions.

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

🏠 Buildings
🏰 Scheduled monuments
🌳 Parks and gardens
⚔️ Battlefields
⚓ Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.

Date:: 2004-08-20
Reference:: IOE01/12283/09
Rights:: © Mr Chris Tresise. Source: Historic England Archive

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: I
List Entry Number:: 1183654
Date first listed:: 12-Jan-1954
List Entry Name:: ST JOHNS COLLEGE, CANTERBURY QUADRANGLE
Statutory Address 1:: ST JOHNS COLLEGE, CANTERBURY QUADRANGLE

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: ST JOHNS COLLEGE, CANTERBURY QUADRANGLE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Oxfordshire
District:: Oxford (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SP5133206648

Details

ST J0HN'S COLLEGE 1. 1485 Canterbury Quadrangle SP 5106 NW 5/525E 12.1.54. 1 2. Built 1631-36 by Laud, originally in Headington stone and incorporating old library of 1596-8 in South range, the masons being, 1631-33, Richard Maude, Hugh Davis and Robert Smith and, 1633-36, John Jackson with Anthony Gore and Harry Acres, carvers. The whole refaced in Clipsham stone, 1922-36. On East and West sides is a loggia and elaborate centrepiece (possibly by Nicholas Stone), the statues being by Hubert le Suer. The pillars of Bletchingdon stone, 5 being replaced, 1905, in Portland stone. Major internal alteration 1970-1971. Garden front of the East Range on East has 5 oriels and fan-vaulted passageway; retains Headington stone with dressings renewed in Clipsham stone 1918. Upper floor has library fitted up 1838. 1st floor on West Range and West part of North Range forms President's Lodging.

Listing NGR: SP5132706623

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 245129
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 34 Oxfordshire

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.