44-553: Norham Road is a road which lies east of the Banbury Road in central North Oxford , a suburb in the city of Oxford , England . The road is within the Norham Manor area. It consists mainly of large Victorian houses, many of three storeys above ground with a basement below. To the south of the road are Bradmore Road near the western end and Fyfield Road near the eastern end, both connecting with Norham Gardens . To
88-499: A Bishop of Lincoln . The college is now located in much larger premises on St Margaret's Road further north. The Maison Française d'Oxford is a French research institute based at 2–10 Norham Road. It was originally set up by the University of Oxford and the University of Paris at the end of World War II . The current building was erected on an empty site on the north side of the road opposite Bradmore Road during 1961–2. It
132-527: A beaver since 1913. The college grace was composed by former classics tutor and founding fellow Margaret Hubbard . It involves the Principal reciting the Latin words Quas decet, (Deo) gratias agamus. Amen. ( "For what we have received, we give thanks (to God). Amen." ) The inclusion of Deo (to God) depends on whether the grace is religious or secular in nature. The college selects accommodation using
176-468: A new Porter's Lodge on the upper ground floor with 110 en-suite student rooms. One notable feature is a glass lift, the only part of the building to exceed the roof line. The building was awarded the 2007 David Steel sustainable building award by Oxford City Council . Robert Saunders House, built in 1996, provides 80 rooms for graduate students in Summertown . It was named after a former bursar of
220-426: A roof garden overlooking the dining hall, and a sunken courtyard accessible through the basement. The college has relatively few traditions and is rare amongst Oxford colleges in not having a chapel , due to its secular outlook. Formal hall is typically held fortnightly. Gowns are not usually worn except for official university occasions such as matriculation and certain college feasts. The college mascot has been
264-421: A room ballot, with the exception of the first years. Those entering their fourth year select their rooms on the first day, followed by third-year rooms on the second day, and second-year rooms on the third and final day. Students are allocated a number within their year denoting their position in the ballot. In first year, this allocation is based on the quality of their previous year's accommodation. In second year,
308-557: Is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 and gained full college status in 1959. Originally a women's college , it has admitted men since 1979. It has some 450 undergraduate and 200 graduate students and retains an original aim of allowing women of any financial background to study at Oxford. It still has a student base with a higher than average proportion of female students. The college stands between Woodstock and Banbury roads, next to
352-560: Is at the lower end of the road on the east side. Opposite Keble Road is St Giles' Church , built in 1120 and consecrated in 1200. Further north are the Denys Wilkinson Building (astrophysics) and the prominent 1960s Thom Building of the Engineering Science department . One of the university's former women's colleges, St Anne's College backs onto Banbury Road and another, St Hugh's College , flanks
396-683: Is commemorated with a blue plaque from the Society of Biology , installed in 2015. Christopher Strachey (1916–1975) founded and led the Programming Research Group (part of Oxford University) from 1965 until his untimely death, at 45 Banbury Road. From 1977, the PRG was then led by Tony Hoare , located here until 1984. 51°46′53″N 1°15′59″W / 51.78133°N 1.26652°W / 51.78133; -1.26652 St Anne%27s College, Oxford St Anne's College
440-492: Is home to the local televised news output and BBC Radio Oxford . In early 1970 the BBC Oxford studios were actually located further down at 242–254 Banbury Road (now a branch of Marks & Spencer ), but were later moved to 269 in 1989 as local media services within BBC Oxford expanded. Famous residents include the lexicographer James Murray who produced the first Oxford English Dictionary (a blue plaque now marks
484-451: Is on the site of the former Founders' Gatehouse, which was built in 1966 and was the college lodge until 2005. It covers the area previously taken by the 54 Woodstock Road cottage. The centre provides various study and seminar spaces and 1,500 metres of bookshelves for the college's growing book collection. The plans by Fletcher Priest Architects were inspired by Oxford's historic buildings. The Tim Gardam Building also features two gardens;
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#1732794214511528-767: The River Isis in Christ Church Meadow is shared with St Hugh's and Wadham colleges. The college has a joint rugby team with St John's College , which won Cuppers in 2014. The women's football team, which is also joint with St John's, was victorious in Cuppers in 2020. Meanwhile, the St Anne's men's football team (known as the Mint Green Army) won the Hassan's Cup plate tournament in 2018. As
572-544: The University Parks . In April 2017, Helen King , a retired Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner , took over as Principal from Tim Gardam . Former members include Danny Alexander , Edwina Currie , Ruth Deech , Helen Fielding , William MacAskill , Amanda Pritchard , Simon Rattle , Tina Brown , Mr Hudson and Victor Ubogu . What is now St Anne's College began as part of the Association for
616-478: The Bar") as undergraduate accommodation, typically for freshers . The junior (undergraduate) post room is located in 10 Bevington Road, the college laundry in 58/60 Woodstock Road, and the college bar, including a pool room, in 39/41 Banbury Road. Five additional Victorian houses (27/29 and 37 Banbury Road and 48/50 Woodstock Road) hold teaching rooms, seminar rooms, music practice rooms, and college offices. In July 2023,
660-506: The Bevington Road accommodation began a two-year renovation project. The Rayne and Wolfson Buildings were built in 1964 and are Grade II Listed Buildings virtually identical in design. They house administrative offices on the ground floor and student rooms. The Claire Palley Building, completed in 1992 and named after Claire Palley (Principal 1984–1991), was the first accommodation block to have en-suite rooms. It also houses
704-567: The Education of Women (AEW), the first institution in Oxford with that aim. It then became the Society of Oxford Home-Students. Unlike other women's associations, the society had no fixed site, instead offering lodgings in houses spread across Oxford. This allowed students of various financial backgrounds to study at Oxford, as the cost of accommodation in women's halls was often prohibitive. In
748-646: The JCR President, VP and Domestic Affairs Officer pull student numbers from a hat. Students would queue and rooms are allocated one by one. Rooms were allocated are crossed off a large board listing all available rooms. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, the room ballot now occurs online, with a spreadhseet denoting available rooms shared with students. There is then a period of one week after the ballot where students can mutually agree on swaps. Unlike many colleges, JCR and MCR committee members receive no advantage in
792-593: The Mary Ogilvie Lecture Theatre. Trenaman House, built in 1995, holds student rooms and communal college facilities, including the gym, and since 2008, St Anne's Coffee Shop (STACS). It was named after Nancy Trenaman, sixth Principal of the college (1966–1984). The Ruth Deech Building, named after the Principal in 1991–2004, was completed in 2005. The lower ground floor has the Tsuzuki lecture theatre, seminar rooms and dining facilities and
836-900: The Sacred Heart in Norham Gardens , the Sisters of Notre Dame in Woodstock Road and the Society of the Holy Child Jesus at Cherwell Edge in St Cross Road. Springfield St Mary was advertised in 1985 in Country Life Magazine as being for sale. From 1898 till 1906, the Society of Home Students saw some of its members in residence at Wychwood School , then situated at 77 Banbury Road . They were supervised by Miss Margaret Lee who in 1913,
880-571: The Society of Home-Students work with the Lady Margaret Hall Settlement; the Principal of the Society from 1940 to 1953, Eleanor Plumer , had previously been Warden of the Mary Ward Settlement (1923-1927). The Women's University Settlement, Blackfriars Road was partly the result of T.H. Green's "inspiring influence". In 1910, the Society of Oxford Home-Students, with the other women's societies,
924-416: The Society of Oxford Home Students – later St Anne's College, Oxford where Miss Lee tutored from 1913 to 1936. 77 Banbury Road was religious in nature: Miss Batty had an academic interest in religious matters and Miss Lee was the granddaughter of an Anglican vicar . Banbury Road Medical Centre is a National Health Service facility at 172 Banbury Road. BBC Oxford is also based on Banbury Road and
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#1732794214511968-464: The St Anne's Society acquired a royal charter as St Anne's College and in 1959 full college status along with the other women's colleges. The Principal at the time, Mary Ogilvie, pressed for a transition from many disparate dining rooms to a common building. This led to the construction of the dining hall completed in 1959 and visited by Queen Elizabeth II in 1960. Meanwhile student numbers grew to nearly 300, which called for more accommodation and led to
1012-459: The college and four purpose-built accommodation blocks. The college also supplies accommodation for some of its graduate students . All undergraduates pay the same amount for their rooms, and every student has access to a communal kitchen in their building. The college uses 1–10 Bevington Road (also known colloquially as "the Bevs"), 58/60 Woodstock Road, and 39/41 Banbury Road (also known as "Above
1056-550: The college had its first common room in Ship Street , central Oxford. The Ship started up in about 1910; by the college centenary in 1979 there had been 69 issues. It marked its centenary issue of 2010/2011 with anniversary content. The college grounds are bounded by Woodstock Road to the west, Banbury Road to the east, and Bevington Road to the north. These grounds house all of the college's administrative and academic buildings, undergraduate accommodation, as well as
1100-442: The college in the 1870s. The houses in the road were first leased between 1863 and 1905. William Wilkinson was the architect for many of the houses (numbers 14–26 and 30–35). Frederick Codd designed No. 13. St Hugh's College was founded as a women's college by Elizabeth Wordsworth , great-niece of the poet William Wordsworth , at 25 Norham Road in 1886, using money left to her by her father Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885),
1144-546: The college, who did much to improve its finances. Eleanor Plumer House (known until 2008 as 35 Banbury Road) is named after Eleanor Plumer (Principal 1940–1953). It houses the Middle Common Room ; facilities include a study area, computer room and kitchen. It also houses some graduate students. Hartland House Hartland House, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott , was the first purpose-built college building, finished in 1937 with another wing added in 1973. It houses
1188-487: The construction of the Wolfson and Rayne buildings in 1964 and 1968. In 1977, the decision was made to become coeducational, with the first male undergraduates matriculating in 1979. Since then, St Anne's has continued to use female words and pronouns, such as "alumnae" to refer to current and former students. The college explains this: "On 17 June 1979, in the nervous time when the first male Fellows had been elected, and
1232-515: The early 20th century, the college housed some students in hostels managed by Catholic and Anglican nuns . Springfield, St Mary was managed by Anglican nuns of the Community of St Mary the Virgin in houses in Banbury Road where they, and other hostels, "had to exercise control over their students according to the rules of the college". Other hostels were run by Catholic nuns: the Society of
1276-543: The first male students admitted though they had not yet arrived, a note from the Dean to Governing Body asks hesitantly 'Would Governing Body wish "he" (or "he/she") to be substituted for "she" throughout the College Regulations?' Eventually the question was answered (or perhaps avoided) by a carefully worded statement that remains in the preamble to our Regulations: 'words importing the feminine gender shall include
1320-574: The hall, which is among the largest in Oxford. The College formerly owned a number of houses throughout Oxford used for undergraduate accommodation, some of which used to be boarding houses of the Society of Oxford Home-Students. Many of these properties were sold off to fund the building of the Ruth Deech Building, completed in 2005. St Anne's can accommodate undergraduates on the college site for three years of study. Undergraduates at St Anne's are housed in 14 Victorian houses owned by
1364-535: The largest in Oxford. It is split between the original library in Hartland House and the Tim Gardam building, which opened officially in 2017. The original college library in Hartland House now houses the law, arts, and humanities collections ( Dewey Decimal shelfmarks 340–349 and 700–999). The new library and academic centre was named after Tim Gardam (principal 2004–2016) and completed in 2016. It
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1408-468: The masculine and vice versa, where the construction so permits and the Regulations do not otherwise expressly provide.'" In 2023, work began on the full reconstruction of the Bevington Road accommodation blocks, in order to make them more suitable for future generations of students. The annual magazine for former college members is called The Ship . When still the Society of Oxford Home-Students,
1452-656: The north is Park Town . Pedestrian access at the eastern end leads north to the Dragon School , a preparatory school. The road continues to the east as Benson Place, which leads to Lady Margaret Hall , one of the Oxford University colleges, originally for women. The road is part of the Norham Manor estate within North Oxford, originally owned by St John's College, Oxford . It was developed by
1496-539: The old library, the junior and senior common rooms and administrative offices. It features the college crest above the main entrance and engravings of beavers, the college mascot. The Dining Hall, built in 1959, is among the largest in Oxford with a capacity of 300. Three meals are served daily in hall apart from weekends, when only brunch is served. It is also used for college collections (internal college exams) and on occasion college 'bops' (costume parties). The college library has over 100,000 volumes, making it one of
1540-605: The road further up. Kellogg College and Wycliffe Hall , which are also part of the university are situated on Banbury Road, near to the junction with Bevington Road . The Independent Sixth Form of d'Overbroeck's College is housed in both the Swan Building at 111 and the adjacent number 113 which was, by the turn of the 20th century, occupied by a Mr R. Lamb Abbott MA who advertised for students to take instruction in "a course of lectures" over four weeks or so to enable them to sit their responsions and thus matriculate at
1584-402: The room ballot for their position. The college has teams for all major sports and competes in inter-collegiate "Cuppers" tournaments. Fixtures are either played in the neighbouring University Parks , or in the college playing fields on Woodstock Road. St Anne's College Boat Club (SABC) organises the college's involvement in inter-college rowing events, and the college boathouse, situated on
1628-488: The site) and the zoologist Desmond Morris , author of The Naked Ape . The artist Paul Nash (1889–1946) lived at 106 Banbury Road, marked with an Oxfordshire Blue Plaque . Jesse Elliston , the proprietor of what became Oxford's leading department store, Elliston & Cavell , died in the Banbury Road in 1853 at the age of only 47. Dame Honor Fell DBE, FRS (1900–1986) studied at Wychwood School and this
1672-516: The university. Wychwood School , an independent girls' school, is at 74 Banbury Road. Established in 1897 as Miss Batty's School for the daughters of Oxford dons, from 1898 to 1907, the school was housed at 77 Banbury Road – a "charming Regency house" – where residents Miss A.S. Batty and Miss Margaret Lee MA taught a handful of day girls. Miss Lee would later acquire ownership of number 77. The school at that time also provided accommodation for young women sitting examinations who were members of
1716-727: The west is the Woodstock Road , which it meets at the junction with St Giles'. To the north, Banbury Road meets the Oxford Ring Road at a roundabout. The road is designated the A4165 (which continues for a short distance as Oxford Road to Kidlington ). Prior to the building of the M40 motorway extension in 1990, the road formed part of the A423 from Maidenhead to Coventry . The former Mathematical Institute of Oxford University
1760-478: Was appointed Tutor to the Oxford Home Students, holding this position until she retired in 1936. Early students of the college included the great-great aunt of Catherine, Princess of Wales . Anglican nun and VAD nurse Gertrude Middleton (1876–1942) lived in college accommodation at Banbury Road having commenced her studies at Oxford in 1900. Her sister Margaret Middleton (1880–1900)
1804-498: Was designed by Jacques Laurent with Brian Ring, Howard & Partners . 51°45′56″N 1°15′31″W / 51.7655°N 1.2586°W / 51.7655; -1.2586 Banbury Road Banbury Road is a major arterial road in Oxford , England, running from St Giles' at the south end, north towards Banbury through the leafy suburb of North Oxford and Summertown , with its local shopping centre. Parallel and to
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1848-488: Was due to study at Oxford alongside her but drowned earlier that year. The first woman Hon. Lady Secretary of the Association for the Education of Women was Charlotte Green whose husband T.H. Green had also acted as secretary to the association in the 1870s. Her husband having died, Charlotte, a social reformer , resolved to "do what my Husband wanted me to do — to make friends with working people and help them if I could that way". An emphasis on social work saw
1892-454: Was recognised by the university. In 1912, the society acquired its first tutors, in German, History and English Literature. In the 1920s, the principals of the women's societies became the first women to receive degrees from the university. The society in the early 1930s still had no centralised site, but within a few years the current location was chosen and by 1937 construction of Hartland House
1936-475: Was underway. In 1942, the Society of Oxford Home-Students was renamed the St Anne's Society and given its coat of arms by Eleanor Plumer (Principal, 1940–1953). The name St Anne's was chosen as historically, there was a chapel of Saint Anne at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin where, from the college's earliest days, the whole student body would gather for termly services. In 1952,
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