Historic houses · West Midlands
The Randolph Hotel
The Randolph Hotel — a Grade II*-listed historic house in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
The Randolph Hotel is a Grade II*-listed building in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom. Grade II* status is conferred by Historic England (or Cadw, Historic Environment Scotland or NIEA equivalents) on buildings of exceptional national interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for full historical and architectural details.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Randolph Hotel, also known as The Randolph Hotel by Graduate Hotels, is a 5-star hotel in Oxford, England, on the south side of Beaumont Street, at the corner with Magdalen Street, opposite the Ashmolean Museum and close to the Oxford Playhouse. The hotel building is in the Victorian Gothic style. The hotel featured in the Inspector Morse television series several times, in particular the episode "The Wolvercote Tongue". The cast stayed at the hotel during filming in 1987 and there is now a Morse Bar. It was also in the follow-up series Lewis.
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Background
History
Construction of the Randolph Hotel began in 1864, to a design by William Wilkinson, an architect who also designed many houses in North Oxford. There was debate about the building's design. John Ruskin favoured Gothic Revival like the nearby Martyrs' Memorial. The City Council wanted a classical style since the rest the buildings in Beaumont Street were early 19th century Regency. A compromise was attained with a simplified Gothic façade, similar to the Oxford University Museum and the Oxford Union buildings, but in brick. The hotel was named not after Lord Randolph Churchill, who was connected with Blenheim Palace to the north of Oxford, but after Dr Francis Randolph, an eighteenth century…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.7550, -1.2597
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Oxford
- Parish
- Oxford, unparished area
- Postcode
- OX1 2LN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Established
- 1866
- Official site
- www.oxonblueplaques.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q6722985 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Randolph Hotel, Oxford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Randolph Hotel?
- The Randolph Hotel is in Oxfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode OX1 2LN), in the parish of Oxford, unparished area.
- Is The Randolph Hotel a listed building?
- The Randolph Hotel is officially recognised as Grade II* listed.
- How do I get to The Randolph Hotel?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode OX1 2LN. It sits within the Oxford West and Abingdon parliamentary constituency.