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This is the page for 276 Cowley Road. | This is the page for 276 Cowley Road. | ||
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This site incorporates the church hall (visible from the road) and vicarage behind. | This site incorporates the church hall (visible from the road) and vicarage behind. | ||
| − | ==The Church Hall== | + | == 2000s - 2011 == |
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| + | No 276a was the address of Asylum Welcome charity | ||
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| + | == The Church Hall == | ||
| − | ===2015-present=== | + | === 2015-present === |
The Church hall, formerly known as the SS Mary & John Church Hall, reopened in 2015 following a two-year refurbishment <ref name="OxMail2015">Oxford Mail, 22 August 2015: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/13619331.Comedy_legend___s_debut_venue_looking_good_to_reopen_soon/</ref>. It was renamed Richard Benson Hall, after Father Richard Meux Benson, founder of the parish and of the Cowley Fathers who was also responsible for a number of socially-minded projects in OX4 <ref name="bensonHall">https://bensonhall.org/about/</ref> <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Meux_Benson</ref>. | The Church hall, formerly known as the SS Mary & John Church Hall, reopened in 2015 following a two-year refurbishment <ref name="OxMail2015">Oxford Mail, 22 August 2015: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/13619331.Comedy_legend___s_debut_venue_looking_good_to_reopen_soon/</ref>. It was renamed Richard Benson Hall, after Father Richard Meux Benson, founder of the parish and of the Cowley Fathers who was also responsible for a number of socially-minded projects in OX4 <ref name="bensonHall">https://bensonhall.org/about/</ref> <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Meux_Benson</ref>. | ||
| − | The hall features a striking neo-Gothic window facing the street. It also has low, sweeping roofs and a prominent chimney, in the Arts and Crafts style (see also [[95]] Cowley Road for a brilliant, slightly later example in a similar vein). | + | The hall features a striking neo-Gothic window facing the street. It also has low, sweeping roofs and a prominent chimney, in the Arts and Crafts style (see also [[95|95]] Cowley Road for a brilliant, slightly later example in a similar vein). |
| − | ===Before then=== | + | === Before then === |
| − | Comedy legend Ronnie Barker, who died in 2005, made his debut performance here in the church hall<ref name="OxMail2015"/>. | + | Comedy legend Ronnie Barker, who died in 2005, made his debut performance here in the church hall<ref name="OxMail2015" />. |
| − | ==The Vicarage== | + | == The Vicarage == |
| − | ===1901-present=== | + | === 1901-present === |
[[File:276-vicarage.JPG|frame|2017: The 1901 Vicarage, viewed from the churchyard, still looks good as new.]] | [[File:276-vicarage.JPG|frame|2017: The 1901 Vicarage, viewed from the churchyard, still looks good as new.]] | ||
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Behind the hall, not fully visible from the road is the vicarage. It was designed by Ninian Comper and built in 1901, displaying striking Arts & Crafts influences with its white rendered walls and stone detailing.<ref>https://www.oxford.gov.uk/downloads/file/1550/the_old_vicarage_276_cowley_road</ref> It is best viewed from the graveyard behind, when on sunny days its bold shapes make a dazzling show against the blue sky. | Behind the hall, not fully visible from the road is the vicarage. It was designed by Ninian Comper and built in 1901, displaying striking Arts & Crafts influences with its white rendered walls and stone detailing.<ref>https://www.oxford.gov.uk/downloads/file/1550/the_old_vicarage_276_cowley_road</ref> It is best viewed from the graveyard behind, when on sunny days its bold shapes make a dazzling show against the blue sky. | ||
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| − | + | == Before then? == | |
| − | ==Before then?== | ||
Cowleyroad.org is a DIY community history - help us write it! | Cowleyroad.org is a DIY community history - help us write it! | ||
| − | Do you know more about this business, or remember what was at this address before? | + | Do you know more about this business, or remember what was at this address before? Do you have any old photographs or memories to share? Please add them to the site! Here is a [[How_to_contribute|how-to guide]]. |
| − | Do you have any old photographs or memories to share? | ||
| − | Please add them to the site! Here is a [[ | ||
| − | ==References== | + | == References == |
Latest revision as of 13:16, 26 September 2017
This is the page for 276 Cowley Road.
This site incorporates the church hall (visible from the road) and vicarage behind.
Contents
2000s - 2011
No 276a was the address of Asylum Welcome charity
The Church Hall
2015-present
The Church hall, formerly known as the SS Mary & John Church Hall, reopened in 2015 following a two-year refurbishment [1]. It was renamed Richard Benson Hall, after Father Richard Meux Benson, founder of the parish and of the Cowley Fathers who was also responsible for a number of socially-minded projects in OX4 [2] [3].
The hall features a striking neo-Gothic window facing the street. It also has low, sweeping roofs and a prominent chimney, in the Arts and Crafts style (see also 95 Cowley Road for a brilliant, slightly later example in a similar vein).
Before then
Comedy legend Ronnie Barker, who died in 2005, made his debut performance here in the church hall[1].
The Vicarage
1901-present
Behind the hall, not fully visible from the road is the vicarage. It was designed by Ninian Comper and built in 1901, displaying striking Arts & Crafts influences with its white rendered walls and stone detailing.[4] It is best viewed from the graveyard behind, when on sunny days its bold shapes make a dazzling show against the blue sky.
Before then?
Cowleyroad.org is a DIY community history - help us write it!
Do you know more about this business, or remember what was at this address before? Do you have any old photographs or memories to share? Please add them to the site! Here is a how-to guide.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oxford Mail, 22 August 2015: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/13619331.Comedy_legend___s_debut_venue_looking_good_to_reopen_soon/
- ↑ https://bensonhall.org/about/
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Meux_Benson
- ↑ https://www.oxford.gov.uk/downloads/file/1550/the_old_vicarage_276_cowley_road
