Harry Wilkinson Moore,

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(1850–1915) was a Victorian and

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architect. He was the son of Arthur Moore (1814–1873) and Mary Wilkinson (1821–1904), and a nephew of the architects George Wilkinson and William Wilkinson.

Career

Moore was a pupil of William Wilkinson in 1872 and assistant to

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in 1878. Moore was in partnership with William Wilkinson from 1881. Moore was made a Fellow of the

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in 1888.

Works

Moore designed a number of notable buildings in

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. His works include: * Park Building (1885-1895), a building of

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. * The Vineyard (1889–90), also known as Pollock House and now The Vines, on Pullens Lane in

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. * Napier House (1892), now Cotuit Hall, also on Pullens Lane, now a hall of residence for EF Academy, Oxford. *Durham Buildings, University of Oxford (1902) *

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(1904) over

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. He also designed many houses in

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, including in the following roads:

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, Bardwell Road, Chalfont Road,

Farndon Road Farndon Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England. At the western end of the road is a junction with Kingston Road and Southmoor Road continues opposite. At the eastern end is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144), a major arteria ...

Frenchay Road Frenchay Road is a residential road in Walton Manor, North Oxford, England. The oldest part of the road runs east–west. At the eastern end is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144), a major arterial road out of Oxford to the north. Oppos ...

Hayfield Road Hayfield Road is a residential road that runs north-south in Walton Manor, north Oxford, England. Location To the south, the road continues as Kingston Road, although it is blocked to through traffic. Aristotle Lane leads off to the west ov ...

, Kingston Road,

Linton Road Linton Road is a road in North Oxford, England. Location At the western end is the Banbury Road. At the eastern end is Wolfson College, a graduate college of the University of Oxford. To the north at the eastern end, Garford Road runs para ...

Northmoor Road Northmoor Road is a residential street in North Oxford, England. Location Northmoor Road runs north-south, parallel to and east of the Banbury Road. At the northern end is a junction with Belbroughton Road and to the south is a junction with ...

, Polstead Road,

Rawlinson Road Rawlinson Road is a residential road in North Oxford, England. Location At the western end of the road is a junction with Woodstock Road (A4144) and at the eastern end is a junction with Banbury Road (A4165), the two major arterial roads ou ...

St Margaret's Road St Margaret's Road is a road in North Oxford, England. Location The road runs between Kingston Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east, crossing Woodstock Road. To the south are Farndon Road to the west and Canterbury Road to the eas ...

, Southmoor Road,

Walton Well Road Walton Well Road is a road, about 400 metres (a quarter mile) long, near the centre of Oxford, England. It provides a link from central Oxford to Port Meadow. Location The road marks the northern edge of the district known as Jericho. At the ...

, and Woodstock Road. (Appendix: ''Gazetter'')

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