Winchester Road is a road in

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. It runs north–south between and roughly parallel with Woodstock Road to the west and

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to the east. It is in a desirable area with high house prices.

History and name

The area was formerly part of the estate of St John's College, and the road is named after the city and see of

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, whose

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is the

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of the college. Most of the houses are in the

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style, largely built between 1875 and 1882, designed by architects including

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, William Cross, and William Wilkinson.

Local area

At the southern end is Bevington Road, with St Anne's College, a former women's college of the

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, opposite. At the northern end is Canterbury Road, with

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, another of the University's former women's colleges, opposite. Some modern ornamental iron gates at the junction with Winchester Road give access to the college's grounds. A little more than halfway up the road, there is a junction with North Parade, containing local shops, to the east and Church Walk (with through access for pedestrians only) to the west. Towards the southern end on the west side is

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, a graduate college of the University. The Nissan Institute of

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is at 27 Winchester Road, in the precincts of St Antony's College. This houses the

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Japanese Library. Also to the east, just north of Church Walk, there is a good view of the tower and spire of the St Philip and St James Church, now the

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(an institution accredited by

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Gallery

File:8and9 Winchester Road, Oxford - January 1981 - geograph.org.uk - 812869.jpg, 8 and 9 Winchester Road, designed by William Wilkinson (1876) in the

style, and now used for student accommodation by

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. File:Gardens of 7-9 Winchester Road, Oxford 1980 - geograph.org.uk - 812874.jpg, The gardens of 7–9 Winchester Road, looking towards

. File:St Hugh's College, Oxford - rear gates.JPG, The rear entrance of

, at the northern end of Winchester Road at the junction with Canterbury Road. File:St Philip and James spire.JPG, View of St Philip and St James Church, designed by G. E. Street, from the north end of Winchester Road. File:Church Walk, Oxford.JPG, View west along Church Walk from the junction with Winchester Road in the summer. File:Looking west along Church Walk, Oxford.JPG, Looking west along Church Walk from the junction with Winchester Road in winter.

References

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