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Latitude: 51.7546 / 51°45'16"N
Longitude: -1.2533 / 1°15'11"W
OS Eastings: 451636
OS Northings: 206476
OS Grid: SP516064
Mapcode National: GBR 8YY.V8Q
Mapcode Global: VHCXV.7588
Plus Code: 9C3WQP3W+RM
Entry Name: 6 and 7, New College Lane
Listing Date: 12 January 1954
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1369401
English Heritage Legacy ID: 245674
ID on this website: 101369401
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1
County: Oxfordshire
District: Oxford
Electoral Ward/Division: Holywell
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Oxford
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Church of England Parish: Oxford St Mary the Virgin with St Cross with St Peter-in-the-East,
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: Building
NEW COLLEGE LANE
1.
1485
(North Side)
Nos 6 & 7
SP 5106 SE 9/255 l2.1.54.
II GV
2.
House. 1 building possibly Cl7 in origin but appears to be mainly Cl8. 3-storeyed
stuccoed and roughcast rubble with Welsh slate roof. The ground floor of
No 7 has a modern boxed out bay. 4 sash windows, with glazing bars, those
in the 1st floor having cornices and blind boxes. On the North-East angle
of the roof is a restored rectangular structure, with a modern cornice and
a Welsh slate roof, said to have been used as an observatory by the astronomer
Edmund Halley. (DNB). The sides of the house are stuccoed and on the North
side is an overhang. History. Once known as Stable Hall. See illustration
and history of the "Old Observatory" in Ingrams "Memorials" (1837) pages
3-5 of "The Observatory".
No 5, New College Rooms and Nos 6 to 8 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: SP5163606476
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