Balliol College
Waterhouse, Alfred
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Date
1263-1870Description
View into the garden, looking north; Balliol College, founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. The buildings are grouped in the Front Quadrangle and Garden Quadrangle. The oldest parts of the College are the north and west ranges of the front quadrangle, dated to 1431. Alfred Waterhouse designed the main Broad Street frontage of the college, with gateway and tower, known as the Brackenbury Buildings, in 1867-1868. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/14/2008)
Type of Work
collegeSubject
architectural exteriors, Education, educational, Gothic (Medieval), Victorian
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