1873 – Unselected design for Examination Schools, Oxford
Thomas Newenham Deane won two invited competitions to design a new Examination School in Oxford yet neither building was constructed.
Thomas Newenham Deane won two invited competitions to design a new Examination School in Oxford yet neither building was constructed.
Perspective including ground plans published in The Building News, April 16th 1875.
Perspective view as published in The Building News, June 27th 1879.
From The Architect, October 16, 1875: The design is an endeavour to produce a building suitable to the JL simple ritual and service of the Wesleyan Methodist Church,
The Examination Schools were designed by Thomas Graham Jackson after an architectural competition in 1876 and their construction was completed in 1882.
Founded in 1854 as the Oxford Diocesan Seminary to train graduates from Oxford and Cambridge.
Selected design in the second competition to design the new Examination Schools in Oxford. Front Elevation published in The Building News,
Front Elevation & Ground Plan as published in The Building News, February 18th 1876.
The Examination Schools were designed by Thomas Graham Jackson and were completed in 1882. They were Jackson’s first major commission and set the scene for his transformation of Oxford’s academic architecture over the following 40 years.