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The head of the college is the Dean of Christ Church. [17] Christ Church is unique among Oxford colleges in that its Head of House, who is head of both college and cathedral, must be an Anglican cleric appointed by the Crown as dean of the cathedral church. The dean lives on site in a grand 16th-century house in the main quadrangle.
Tom Tower is a bell tower in Oxford, England, named after its bell, Great Tom. It is over Tom Gate, on St Aldates, the main entrance of Christ Church, Oxford, which leads into Tom Quad. This square tower with an octagonal lantern and facetted ogee dome was designed by Christopher Wren and built 1681–82.
The Great Quadrangle, more popularly known as Tom Quad, is one of the quadrangles of Christ Church, Oxford, England. It is the largest college quad in Oxford, measuring 264 by 261 feet. Although it was begun by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525–1529, he was unable to complete it before his fall from power.
Christ Church War Memorial Garden is a garden in Oxford, England, created in 1926 to commemorate the First World War. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The war memorial garden, in memory of members of Christ Church, Oxford , one of the Oxford colleges, is located east off St Aldate's at the western end of Broad Walk , which leads along the northern edge of Christ ...
The Meadow Building, Christ Church. The Meadow Building (known as "Meadows" to students, aka Meadow Buildings [1]) is part of Christ Church, Oxford, England, one of the Oxford colleges, looking out south onto Christ Church Meadow on Broad Walk and then along the straight tree-lined Poplar Walk to the River Thames.
The Canterbury Quadrangle is one of the quadrangles of Christ Church, Oxford, England. [1] It stands on the site of the former Canterbury College. [2] On the west side is Christ Church Library, whose north façade completes the four sides of Peckwater Quadrangle. On the east side is Canterbury Gate with access to Oriel Square and Merton Street.
The choir, looking towards the organ and entrance. The cathedral was originally the church of St Frideswide's Priory.The site was historically presumed to be the location of the nunnery founded by St Frideswide, the patron saint of Oxford, and the shrine is now in the Latin Chapel; originally containing relics translated at the rebuilding in 1180, it was the focus of pilgrimage from at least ...
Christ Church Picture Gallery is an art gallery located inside Christ Church, a college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. The gallery holds an important collection of about 300 Old Master paintings and nearly 2,000 drawings.