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Oriel College
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To celebrate the centenary in 2011 of the Oriel College Rhodes Building – funded through part of the bequest left to the college in the Will of Cecil Rhodes and designed by Basil Champneys – the college is undertaking a comprehensive refurbishment and redevelopment of the building, with all proposals in line with the architect’s original plans.

Redevelopment plans will include the replacement of the roof, improvement of the stonework, general alterations to the interior and the addition of a new top floor of student rooms. The Rhodes Building stands as a commemoration of one of the college’s most generous benefactors and this comprehensive programme will provide the very latest facilities while maintaining the historic nature of the building to ensure its viability for the next hundred years and beyond.

Oriel College 		 

Further information

    Founded: 1326

    Founded by King Edward II, this is one of Oxford’s earliest colleges and one especially rich in tradition.

    The college played host to Charles I’s Privy Council during the Civil War and was the centre of the Oxford movement in the nineteenth century.

    Notable members: Sir Walter Raleigh, Cardinal John Henry Newman, Cecil Rhodes

    Website:
    www.oriel.ox.ac.uk