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The Radcliffe Quadrangle (or Rad Quad as it is known to students of the College) is the second quadrangle of University College, Oxford, England. The buildings have been Grade I listed since 1954.
The quadrangle was started in 1716 and finished in 1719 with money bequeathed to the College by John Radcliffe, a former student of the college tutored by Medical Heritage
UK. Oxford's main hospital and other University buildings are also named after him.
There is a statue of John Radcliffe by Francis Bird on the gate tower of the quad. His coat of arms is also displayed.
The architectural style of the quad matches that of the earlier main quadrangle immediately to the west, although this was by then incredibly old-fashioned for almost a century. It is not a "quadrangle" in the same way as the main quadrangle, because it only has buildings on three sides; the fourth side is bounded by a high stone wall separating the garden of the Master's Lodgings to the south.
To the east is Logic Lane, a small cobbled lane through the College, connecting the High Street at the front of the College and
University College Access Guide
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The Radcliffe Quadrangle (or Rad Quad as it is known to students of the College) is the second quadrangle of University College, Oxford, England. The buildings have been Grade I listed since 1954.
The quadrangle was started in 1716 and finished in 1719 with money bequeathed to the College by John Radcliffe, a former student of the college tutored by Obadiah Walker
Obadiah Walker (161621 January 1699) was an English academic and Master of University College, Oxford, from 1676 to 1688.
and doctor to the King.OxfordshireUK.
Merton Street
Merton Street is a historic and picturesque cobbled street in central Oxford, England.
at the rear. A covered bridge
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
built in 1903 connects the Radcliffe Quad buildings internally with other buildings on the High Street owned by the College to the east.
The Radcliffe Quad is where University College's matriculation
Matriculation is the formal process of entering a university, or of becoming eligible to enter by fulfilling certain academic requirements such as a matriculation examination.
Australia
In Australia, the term "matriculation" is seldom used now. ...
photograph is taken at the start of each academic year
An academic year or school year is a period of time which schools, colleges and universities use to measure a quantity of study.
School holiday
School holidays (also referred to as vacations, breaks, and recess) are the periods during which sch ...
. The quad has also been used for celebrations after undergraduate examinations.
See also
* Radcliffe Camera * Radcliffe Infirmary *Radcliffe Observatory
Radcliffe Observatory was the astronomical observatory of the University of Oxford from 1773 until 1934, when the Radcliffe Trustees sold it and built a new observatory in Pretoria, South Africa. It is a Grade I listed building. Today, the obs ...
* Radcliffe Observatory Quarter
* Radcliffe Science Library
The Radcliffe Science Library (RSL) is the main teaching and research science library at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Being officially part of the Bodleian Libraries, the library holds the Legal Deposit material for the sciences ...
* Radcliffe Square
* John Radcliffe Hospital
The John Radcliffe Hospital (informally known as the JR) is a large tertiary teaching hospital in Oxford, England. It forms part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is named after John Radcliffe, an 18th-century physici ...
References
External links
University College Access Guide
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