Pullens Lane

Pullens Lane is in Headington, east Oxford, England. It is located at the top of Headington Hill, leading north off Headington Road to Jack Straw's Lane and Harberton Mead. The cul-de-sac Pullens Field leads off west from Pullens Lane.

Buildings

Pullens Lane includes a number of notable buildings, especially by the Victorian architect Harry Wilkinson Moore (1850–1915).^[1] Buildings by Wilkinson include:

The Vines, occupied by Scholarship & Christianity in Oxford (SCIO), previously The Vineyard and Pollock House, built in 1889–90.^[2]
Cotuit Hall, one of the halls of residence at Oxford Brookes University, previously Napier House, built in 1892.^[3]

Other buildings include:

Pullen's Gate (previously known as Brockless Cottage and Brockleaze), formerly owned by Francis John Lys (1863–1947), Provost of Worcester College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.^[4]

Educational institutions

Rye St Antony School, founded in 1930, is located in Pullens Lane. It started in central Oxford and moved to a 12-acre (49,000 m²) site on the east side of Pullens Lane in 1939.^[5]

Plater College moved from makeshift facilities at Boars Hill south of Oxford to a new purpose-built residential college on Pullens Lane, after demolishing Fairfield (previously known as The Pullens) during the 1970s,^[6] under the leadership of Joseph Kirwan (1910–2005).^[7] The college closed in 2005. The site is now occupied by the EF International Language School.^[6]

References

^ Andrew Saint, Three Oxford Architects, Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society, UK.
^ The Vineyard (Pollock House), Pullens Lane, Headington, Oxford, UK.
^ Napier House (later Cotuit Hall), Pullens Lane, Headington, Oxford, UK.
^ Pullen’s Gate/Brockless Cottage, Pullens Lane, Headington, Oxford, UK.
^ About the School, Rye St Antony School, Oxford, UK.
^ ^a ^b The Pullens (later Fairfield), Pullens Lane, Headington, Oxford, UK.
^ Joseph Kirwin Obituary, Oxford Mail, 31 March 2005.