Bradmore Road is a residential road in

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, England. At the northern end of the road is a junction with Norham Road and at the southern end is a junction with Norham Gardens, with the

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opposite. Halfway along the road, Crick Road leads east to

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. To the west is

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History and residents

Houses in the road were first leased between 1870 and 1874 on land owned by St John's College. They were mainly designed by

Frederick Codd Frederick Codd (born 1832 in East Dereham) was a British Gothic Revival architect and speculative builder who designed and built many Victorian houses in North Oxford, England. Born in 1832 in East Dereham in Norfolk., he was initially based ...

(Nos 1–2 and 13–17) and Galpin &

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(Nos 7–12 and 18–20). The houses by Codd are in the traditional North Oxford

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style. St John's College closely controlled the scale and distribution of the houses on the road, with the subsequent designs ensuring provision of adequate rear gardens and front walls and railings.

John Galpin John George Galpin (13 January 1843 – 5 March 1917) was an English professional first-class cricketer. Galpin was born at Alverstoke in Gosport in January 1843. Described by Haygarth as a "good round-armed bowler and an average batsman" ...

(1824–1891), an auctioneer and

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in 1873–74 and 1879–80, leased 12 Bradmore Road in 1873. The Dowager Lady Buxton also leased 20 Bradmore Road in 1873. Sir Edward Henry Pelham (1876–1949), the son of Henry Francis Pelham (

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) and Laura Priscilla Buxton, later Permanent Secretary of the Board of Education between 1931 and 1937, was born in 20 Bradmore Road on 20 December 1876. In 1874, 13 Bradfield Road was leased to

William Esson William Esson, FRS (17 May 1838 – 28 August 1916) was a British mathematician. Early life He was born in Carnoustie, Scotland.Obituary notice, Fellow: Esson, William, ''Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 77, p.299''1917MN ...

(1838–1916), a

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and

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of Merton College, Oxford. Nos 9 and 10 were for a time a Radcliffe Infirmary nurses' home and later an annexe of Green College.

Walter Pater Walter Horatio Pater (4 August 1839 – 30 July 1894) was an English essayist, art critic and literary critic, and fiction writer, regarded as one of the great stylists. His first and most often reprinted book, ''Studies in the History of the Re ...

(1839–1894), author and scholar, and his sister Clara Pater (1841–1910), a pioneer of women's education, lived at 2 Bradmore Road. A blue plaque was installed by the

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in 2004.

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(known as Mrs Humphry Ward, 1851–1920), the

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and novelist, lived at 17 Bradmore Road. A blue plaque was installed in 2012. Her husband

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(1845–1926), author and

of Brasenose College, Oxford, leased the house in 1872. Other former residents included Sir

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(1861–1947), considered a founder of modern

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, and the

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Professor Sir

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(1847–1929). Evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins was a resident. 13 Bradmore Road has been listed Grade II on the

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since October 2008. The heritage listing describes the house as one of Cobb's "more successful commissions, standing out from other works by virtue of its overall success as a varied composition, the relatively richness of the masonry detailing, and its prominent corner position in the streetscape".

Today

St Cross College has accommodation in 2 Bradmore Road. The

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runs a day nursery at 4c Bradmore Road. Nos 5–8 are owned by

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Kellogg College Kellogg College is a graduate-only constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1990 as Rewley House, Kellogg is the university's 36th college and the largest by number of students. It hosts research centres including ...

has accommodation at 7, 9/10 and 11 Bradmore Road (11 was formerly a St Anne's College house) with 12 and 13 currently being refurbished.

References

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