106 AND 107, HIGH STREET

106 and 107 High Street are two houses that also serve as modern shops, dating back to 1320. They are of significant architectural and historical interest, featuring what is likely the finest domestic vaulted cellar in Oxford, a notable 15th-century roof, and a partially damaged 14th-century window. This building is one of the few remaining examples of a medieval academic hall, known as Tackley's Inn, which was the first property acquired by Adam de Brome for the foundation of Oriel College around 1324.

The modern front, rebuilt in the 19th century, consists of three stories with stuccoed timber framing. Number 106 has two sets of three sash windows with plain frames and glazing bars on the first and second floors. It has a hipped Welsh slate roof with a gabled dormer featuring a two-light casement window. At the back, extending southward, is an early 18th-century three-story timber-framed wing. Number 107 features two bay windows with casements on the first floor and two sash windows in moulded frames on the second floor, along with a Welsh slate roof.

Inside, the 14th-century elements include the stone south wall of the hall and a quadripartite vaulted stone cellar with five bays. The upper part of the wall retains the remains of a 15th-century trussed and braced collar-beam roof with two bays. An original window with two pointed lights can be found in the south wall of the hall.