Postmasters Hall

MERTON STREET 1. 1485 (North Side) No 5 (Postmaster's Hall) SP 5106 SE 9/467 12.1.54. II GV 2. (ie "Portionists" Hall). RCHM 81. Cl6-17 with modern additions on North. 2-storeyed plastered rubble with 2 gabled attic dormers in a Welsh slate roof. There is a renewed and slightly moulded string at the 1st floor. The ground floor has 2 3-light stone caveto-moulded mullioned windows, mostly renewed, and there is also a single light of the same. In the 1st floor are 2 3-light stone caveto-moulded windows which may be original, and a single light of the same. The dormers have 3-light wood casement windows. In the East gable end are 2 and 3-light original stone moulded mullioned windows; there are modern stone-faced stacks. The front doorway has a plain stone frame with a modern bracketed Cl8 style wooden hood; the door is probably Cl7. Interior. RCHM p 167 b. Includes original panelling, fireplace, overmantel and a collar beam roof. History. Here was born and here lived Anthony Wood, antiquary and historian (DNB). For drawing of exterior by J C Buckler in 1821, see Bodl MS Don A 3 1 53.

Beam Hall and Nos 3, 4A and 5 form a group with New Block, Corpus Christi College and Oriel College.

Listing NGR: SP5172606128