The Library And Herbarium Of The Botanic Gardens

HIGH STREET 1. 1485 (South Side) Botanic Gardens The Library and Herbarium of the Botanic Gardens SP 5206 SW 10/422 12.1.54. I GV 2. The Library and Herbarium consists of 2 buildings, now including Magdalen College Bursaey. (a) The South elavation was originally of one storey built to form the eastern-most orangery, or plant house, in 1733-35 for which William Townesend, the Oxford mason-architect, was paid in 1736. It was raised by one storey when H J Underwood designed the porter's lodge on the west and (b) the North elevation. The South elevation now consists of 2-storeyed ashlar with a moulded cornice at the 1st floor and a parapet with a moulded cornice below it. There is a 2-storeyed 3-sided bay with a central doorway flanked by a window. The tall sash windows have plain recessed reveals and rusticated keystones. The additional storey of C1835 is in the same style; at this time the building became the Professor's house. (b) The North elevation, c.1835 by Underwood is 2-storeyed ashlar on a rusticated ground floor and having a centre piece of 4 engaged Doric columns breaking forward, a moulded entablature and a parapet. 5 tall sash windows in moulded frames with scroll bracketed cornices: in the ground floor are 5 small sash windows.

All the listed bui1dings on the South Side form a group.

Listing NGR: SP5208606106