13, Bradmore Road

This is a house, now divided into four flats, dating from 1870 and designed by the architect Frederick Codd. It was constructed as part of the North Oxford suburb, developed on land owned by St. John's College, who maintained strict control over the design and layout to ensure quality and adequate garden space. The house is built of yellow brick with red brick detailing and stone dressings, featuring plain tile roofs with crested ridge tiles, wrought iron finials, and stone-coped gables. Brick stacks have offset caps. The plan is an irregular square.

The house is in a Gothic style, with pointed arches, colonnettes, and carved foliage capitals to the main windows. It has two storeys, an attic, and a semi-basement. The front exhibits a tall, steep gable to the right, with two- and three-light windows above a single-storey canted bay featuring a pierced stone parapet. A narrow wall bay to the left has corbelled brick eaves, two-light windows, and a half-timbered dormer with pierced wooden bargeboards. A further narrow bay, set back to the left, has a single first-floor light and a lean-to porch in the front angle. Chimney stacks are positioned to the right of the building, with one located to the left. Steps lead up to an arched stone doorway, featuring carved caps and an arched door with elaborately scrolled strap hinges. The porch roof overhangs the front, featuring a traceried wooden side panel. A 20th-century single-storey extension to the right, of no special architectural interest, is accompanied by a matching gable and a slightly raised, further gable behind. A stairwell link connects to an additional 20th-century rear block with a gable in a simplified style.

The interiors have not been inspected. Frederick Codd was a prolific house builder in North Oxford around 1870, and this house, built in 1870, is considered one of his more successful commissions due to its varied composition and the richness of the stone detailing, particularly noticeable given its prominent corner position within the streetscape.