Liddon Quad
by Ian Fraser
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Pusey Quad and Library
by Cathy Read
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Pusey Quad - East
by Ian Fraser
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Hayward Quad and the Spaceship
by Cathy Read
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| Keble College is named after John Keble who was one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. He died four years before the college was founded in 1870. The architect was William Butterfield who had developed a Gothic Revival style using polychromatic brick which had become his trademark. By using brick, he departed from the Oxford tradition of building with stone. The first parts of the College to be built were the east and west sides of Liddon Quad to house undergraduate and tutors’ rooms. These residential ranges have a horizontal emphasis contrasted with tall chimneys and gables with a chequered decoration of brick and stone. The entrance gateway and tower were paid for by Edward Bouverie Pusey. The dominant building is the Chapel with its bold buttresses and pinnacles. It soars above the sunken quadrangle with windows that start high up above the first storey. The stained glass and mosaics are by Alexander Gibbs. The south range facing the Chapel contains the Hall and Library on the first floor. The grand oriel window in the middle of this range lights the internal staircase. |
