Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford
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Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 29 Jul 2013
A view of the Radcliffe Observatory from Walton Street. On the right is the site previously occupied by the Radcliffe Infirmary, currently undergoing redevelopment and on the left is the "New Radcliffe House" block. This provides space for new Jericho Medical Centre housing shared by three G.P. practices and nine G.Ps; the Department of Primary Health Care Sciences and the new home of Oxford University Press. Dr. John Radcliffe (c.1652-1714) had been a friend and physician to Isaac Newton and since Oxford lacked a modern working observatory his trustees decided that some of the interest from his estate should be used to build one. The Observatory was a functioning observatory from 1773 until 1934 when its owners, the Radcliffe Trustees, sold it to Lord Nuffield, who then presented it to the Radcliffe Infirmary. This landmark building now belongs to Green Templeton College. At present there is only pedestrian access to Woodstock Road (the A4144 road) ahead.
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