Bardwell Road

Bardwell Road
The Banbury Road end of Bardwell Road.
School House at the Dragon School, on Bardwell Road.

Bardwell Road is a road in North Oxford, England, off the Banbury Road.[1]

The road is the location of the Dragon School, a well-known preparatory school. The second headmaster, Charles Cotterill Lynam (known as the "Skipper"), took a building lease on land to the southeast of Bardwell Road in 1893.[1] In 1894, Lynam's Oxford Preparatory School was established on this site. £4,000 was quickly raised through subscriptions from local parents for the erection of new school buildings.[2] The school moved from its previous location at 17 Crick Road within a year. The choice of its new location proved to be a wise one and the school has prospered as the Dragon School on this site to the present day.

The Bardwell Road Centre,[3] one of the two locations of St Clare's International School, is to be found here as well.[4]

Also off the road is the Cherwell Boathouse, next to the Dragon School, where punts can be rented for use on the River Cherwell.[5]

Northmoor Road, Charlbury Road lead off Bardwell Road and Chadlington Road is at the far end leading to Linton Road.

Houses on Bardwell Road were largely built during the 1890s.[1] Architects included Harry Wilkinson Moore, Herbert Quinton, and Messrs Radclyffe and Watson.

References

  1. ^ a b c Hinchcliffe, Tanis (1992). North Oxford. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. pp. 127, 182–184, 218–219. ISBN 0 14 071045 0. 
  2. ^ Jaques, C. H. (1977). "III: To Bardwell Road". A Dragon Century: 1877–1977. Blackwell's. pp. 22–35. 
  3. ^ Bardwell Road Centre Podcast, St Clare's College, Oxford, UK.
  4. ^ Campus Map, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.
  5. ^ Location, The Cherwell Boathouse, Oxford, UK.

Coordinates: 51°46′04″N 1°15′30″W / 51.7679°N 1.2583°W / 51.7679; -1.2583


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