Wyndham House
View of Wyndham House from Plantation Road
General information
TypeRetirement home
LocationPlantation Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
Coordinates51°45′46″N 1°16′01″W / 51.762658°N 1.266966°W / 51.762658; -1.266966
Completed1973[1]
OpeningJune 1973 by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother[2]
ManagementAnchor Hanover Group[3]
Wyndham Housing Association[4]
Technical details
Floor count3
Website
www.hanover.org.uk

Wyndham House is a retirement home in North Oxford, England.[1][5][6]

Wyndham House was officially opened in June 1973 by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.[2] Also in attendance were Fred Ingram, the Lord Mayor of Oxford, who was involved with the scheme to establish the project. Others present included Lady Jean Rankin, a lady-in-waiting, and the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough.

The facility replaced a home for elderly people in Banbury Road in North Oxford. The site was provided by St John's College, Oxford, who historically owned much of the land in the area, locally called Walton Manor. Originally, Wyndham House was a project of the British Red Cross although the connection with the Red Cross ceased in 1976. The home was previously run by the Wyndham Housing Association.[4] It is now run by the Anchor Hanover Group.[3]

Wyndham House is located on Plantation Road[7] and also abuts Leckford Place off Leckford Road. Opposite on Leckford Place are part of d'Overbroeck's College (for Year 7 to Year 11)[8] and a public house on the corner with Plantation Road, The Gardener's Arms.

References

  1. 1 2 Reed, David; Opher, Philip (1977). New Architecture in Oxford. Urban Design. p. 34.
  2. 1 2 Symonds, Ann Spokes (1998). "Wyndham House". The Changing Faces of North Oxford. Vol. Book Two. Robert Boyd Publications. pp. 86–87. ISBN 1-899536-33-7.
  3. 1 2 "Wyndham House, Oxford". Anchor Hanover Group. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Wyndham Housing Association". Archive.org. Wyndham Housing Association. Archived from the original on 5 February 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Wyndham House, Oxford". HousingCare.org. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Memoirs and Proceedings". 113–116. Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society. 1971: 46. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ↑ "Plantation Road". Kelly's Directory of Oxford (68th ed.). Kelly's Directories. 1976. pp. 422–423.
  8. ↑ "Leckford Place". Oxford, UK: d'Overbroeck's College. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
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