66 AND 67, ST GILES

66 and 67 St Giles is a pair of shops built in 1869 by G Wyatt, designed in the Gothic style reminiscent of the Oxford University Museum by Benjamin Woodward from 1860. The building has three storeys and an attic, featuring an irregular three-bay front made of coursed, squared limestone rubble with ashlar dressings. The roof is covered in plain tiles with coped gables and moulded ridge and gable stacks. There is a cornice with cable moulding and string courses at the first and second floor levels, adorned with colored bends above.

Two bays have splayed oriel windows topped with pyramidical roofs, and there are two gabled dormers with paired arched windows. The segmental arched, recessed sash windows have moulded reveals and hood moulds with masks, and there are cast iron window guards. The shop front is a notable example of Victorian design, featuring pilasters and columnettes with crochet capitals and Caernarvon arches. The doors are decorated with feathered wooden panels and fanlights. This building is recognized as the last surviving Victorian Gothic shop front in Oxford.