Buildings & Grounds Christ Church, Oxford

the meadow building

christ church sits in approximately 175 acres (71 hectares) of land. includes christ church meadow (including merton field , boathouse island), open public year round. in addition christ church own aston s eyot (purchased souls college in 1891), christ church recreation ground (including site of liddell buildings), , school field has been leased madgalen college school since 1893. meadow inhabited english longhorn cattle. in october of 1783 james sadler made first hot air balloon ascent in britain meadow. college gardens, quadrangles, , meadow grade listed on register of historic parks , gardens.

christ church has number of architecturally significant buildings. these include:

grade listed:

christ church library
christ church cathedral
peckwater quadrangle
the great quadrangle or tom quad including:

tom tower
great hall
mercury fountain


canterbury quadrangle
the chapter house, grade listed 12th century chapter house

grade ii* listed:

blue boar quadrangle
christ church picture gallery

others:

the meadow building (grade ii)
the old library
the lee building /. anatomy school (grade ii)
christ church kitchen & scullery (grade ii)
old brew house (grade ii)
liddel buildings


the meadow building on sunny autumn day



christ church cathedral


influences

the college buildings , grounds setting parts of evelyn waugh s brideshead revisited, small part of lewis carroll s alice s adventures in wonderland. more has been used in filming of movies of j. k. rowling s harry potter series , film adaptation of philip pullman s novel northern lights (the film bearing title of american edition of book, golden compass). distinctive features of college s architecture have been used models number of other academic institutions, including nui galway, reproduces tom quad. university of chicago, cornell university, , kneuterdijk palace have reproductions of christ church s dining hall (in forms of hutchinson hall, dining hall of risley residential college, , gothic hall of kneuterdijk palace, respectively). christchurch cathedral in new zealand, after city of christchurch named, named after christ church, oxford. stained glass windows in cathedral , other buildings pre-raphaelite william morris group designs edward burne-jones.