Latitude: 51.7518 / 51°45'6"N
Longitude: -1.2618 / 1°15'42"W
OS Eastings: 451053
OS Northings: 206158
OS Grid: SP510061
Mapcode National: GBR 7XS.5SV
Mapcode Global: VHCXV.27SD
Plus Code: 9C3WQP2Q+P7
Entry Name: County Hall with the Curving Screen Walls and Turrets on Either Side
Listing Date: 29 January 1968
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1047201
English Heritage Legacy ID: 245686
Also known as: County Hall, Oxford
ID on this website: 101047201
Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1
County: Oxfordshire
District: Oxford
Electoral Ward/Division: Carfax
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Oxford
Traditional County: Oxfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Church of England Parish: Oxford St Barnabas with St Thomas the Martyr
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
Tagged with: County hall
NEW ROAD 1. 1485 (South Side) County Hall with the curving screen walls and turrets on either side SP 5106 SW 8/436 29.1.68. II* 2. 1841. Delightful "Neo-Norman fortress" with Georgian type windows in "Gothic" surrounds. Symmetrical composition. Designed by J Plownan. Stone. Single storey, 5-bay frontage, the central bay projecting with a castellated porch and turrets over. The bays on either side have large round-headed sash windows. Parapet, roof not visible. The front decorated with mock arrow slits. The screen walls are castellated and have arrow slits in the end turrets. There are lamp standards in the form of 'fasces' on either side of the door.
Listing NGR: SP5105306158
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