90, High Street
90, High Street, Oxford
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SP 5106 SE
9/360
HIGH STREET (south side)
No 90
12.1.54
GV
II
House and shop (RCHM 64). Early C17 and refronted in C18-C19. Four-storeyed stucccoed timberframing with cellars, a moulded eaves cornice, parapet, Welsh slate roof and brick stacks. Carried up through the upper floors are two bay windows with three-light sash windows. On the ground floor on each side of the shop is a door in a reeded frame flanked by an engaged Doric column. Six-panel doors in a pair. Late Cl9 shop. Roof not visible.
Interior:(RCHM p 163 b) Includes a blocked original doorway and a partly renewed staircase; a plaster ceiling with moulded ornamented beams; original panelling, fireplaces and overmantels. At the back is an addition (now a lecture room of University College) built by James Adam, a cabinet maker, circa 1812; it has two Venetian windows.
History: built in 16l2 by John Williams apothecary and refronted by James Adam, probably early in C19. In 1905 it was acquired by University College of which it is now part. Here lodged the mother of John Ruskin when he was at Christ Church, 1836-40.
All the listed buildings on the South Side form a group.
Listing NGR: SP5167406247
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1369387
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jan-1954
- List Entry Name:
- 90, High Street
- Statutory Address:
- 90, High Street, Oxford
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1369387
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jan-1954
- List Entry Name:
- 90, High Street
- Statutory Address 1:
- 90, High Street, Oxford
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 90, High Street, Oxford
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:
- SP 51676 06250
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 November 2024 to reformat the text to current standards
SP 5106 SE
9/360
HIGH STREET (south side)
No 90
12.1.54
GV
II
House and shop (RCHM 64). Early C17 and refronted in C18-C19. Four-storeyed stucccoed timberframing with cellars, a moulded eaves cornice, parapet, Welsh slate roof and brick stacks. Carried up through the upper floors are two bay windows with three-light sash windows. On the ground floor on each side of the shop is a door in a reeded frame flanked by an engaged Doric column. Six-panel doors in a pair. Late Cl9 shop. Roof not visible.
Interior:(RCHM p 163 b) Includes a blocked original doorway and a partly renewed staircase; a plaster ceiling with moulded ornamented beams; original panelling, fireplaces and overmantels. At the back is an addition (now a lecture room of University College) built by James Adam, a cabinet maker, circa 1812; it has two Venetian windows.
History: built in 16l2 by John Williams apothecary and refronted by James Adam, probably early in C19. In 1905 it was acquired by University College of which it is now part. Here lodged the mother of John Ruskin when he was at Christ Church, 1836-40.
All the listed buildings on the South Side form a group.
Listing NGR: SP5167406247
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14 November 2024 to reformat the text to current standards
SP 5106 SE
9/360
HIGH STREET (south side)
No 90
12.1.54
GV
II
House and shop (RCHM 64). Early C17 and refronted in C18-C19. Four-storeyed, stucccoed, timber framing with cellars, a moulded eaves cornice, parapet, Welsh slate roof and brick stacks. Carried up through the upper floors are two bay windows with three-light sash windows. On the ground floor on each side of the shop is a door in a reeded frame flanked by an engaged Doric column. Six-panel doors in a pair. Late C19 shop. Roof not visible.
Interior:(RCHM p 163 b) Includes a blocked original doorway and a partly renewed staircase; a plaster ceiling with moulded ornamented beams; original panelling, fireplaces and overmantels. At the back is an addition (now a lecture room of University College) built by James Adam, a cabinet maker, circa 1812; it has two Venetian windows.
History: built in 1612 by John Williams apothecary and refronted by James Adam, probably early in C19. In 1905 it was acquired by University College of which it is now part. Here lodged the mother of John Ruskin when he was at Christ Church, 1836-40.
All the listed buildings on the south side form a group.
Listing NGR: SP5167406247
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 245521
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of the City of Oxford, (1939), 163
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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