South Park commemoration stone is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 2017. Commemoration stone.

South Park commemoration stone

WRENN ID
calm-wattle-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Country
England
Date first listed
4 April 2017
Type
Commemoration stone
Source
Historic England listing

Description

A stone commemorating the preservation of South Park, commissioned by the Oxford Preservation Trust and paid for by Dr David and Mrs Joanna Randall-MacIver, designed and executed by Eric Gill in 1932, erected 1935. The stone is located in a gap in the roadside railings at the W boundary of South Park, on the SE side of Headington Road, near to the park's entrance.

MATERIALS: Portland stone

EXTERIOR: a roughly-dressed monolith approximately 3.6m high, slightly tapering to the jagged top, with the following carved inscription on an ashlar panel at the NW (roadside) face: ‘This park was/acquired by the/ Oxford/ Preservation Trust through/ the liberality/ of the/Pilgrim Trust/ and David/ and Joanna/ Randall-MacIver/ 1932’. The word 'Oxford' and the date '1932' are in a larger size font.

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