View from the High No.2
by Ian Fraser
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The Coffee House
by Ian Fraser
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The Queen's College and Oxford High
by Rod Craig
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Queen's Lane Oxford
by Tom Milner-Gulland
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Back Quad and the Library
by Rob Howard
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The Queen’s College was founded in 1340 by Robert de Eglesfield and is named after Queen Philippa, the wife of Edward III. It was extensively rebuilt in the 18th century. Because of a lack of funds the screen wall and gateway to the High Street were not built until over twenty years after the rest of the front quadrangle to the design of Nicholas Hawksmoor.
The screen wall which links the two symmetrical wings of college rooms is heavily rusticated with semi-circular topped niches. The gateway in the centre is reached by a flight of steps and flaked by Doric columns. Above it is a superb temple-like cupola, its dome resting on arches supported by Doric columns. Under the dome is a statue by Henry Cheere of the late Queen Caroline, wife of George II who provided the funds to finish the rebuilding. |
