Pullens Lane
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Pullens Lane is in Headington
Headington
Headington is a suburb of Oxford, England. It is at the top of Headington Hill overlooking the city in the Thames Valley below. The life of the large residential area is centred upon London Road, the main road between London and Oxford.-History:...

, east Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It is located at the top of Headington Hill
Headington Hill
Headington Hill is a hill in the east of Oxford, England, in the suburb of Headington. The Headington Road road goes up the hill leading out of the city...

, leading north off Headington Road
Headington Road
Headington Road is an arterial road in the east of Oxford, England. The road connects the junction of St Clements and Marston Road with the suburb of Headington, up Headington Hill...

 to Jack Straw's Lane
Jack Straw's Lane
Jack Straw's Lane is a residential road in Oxford, England.It runs between the north end of Pullens Lane on Headington Hill and Marston Road.- History :...

 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
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...

 architect
Harry Wilkinson Moore
Harry Wilkinson Moore
Harry Wilkinson Moore, FRIBA was a Victorian and Edwardian architect. He was the son of Arthur Moore and Mary Wilkinson , and a nephew of the architects George Wilkinson and William Wilkinson.-Career:...

 (1850–1915). Buildings by Wilkinson include:
  • The Vines
    The Vines, Oxford
    The Vines is on Pullens Lane, Headington, a suburb in east Oxford, England. It was the first house to be built on the west side of the lane, on land that was originally owned by the Morrell family, local brewers. The house is built of red brick with stone dressings.The house was built in 1889–90...

    , occupied by Scholarship & Christianity in Oxford (SCIO), previously The Vineyard and Pollock House, built in 1889–90.
  • Cotuit Hall
    Cotuit Hall
    Cotuit Hall is one of the nine halls of residence at Oxford Brookes University in Oxford, England.-History:The hall was originally named Napier House after its commissioner and first occupant, Arthur Sampson Napier...

    , one of the halls of residence at Oxford Brookes University
    Oxford Brookes University
    Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...

    , previously Napier House, built in 1892.


Other buildings include:
  • Pullen's Gate (previously known as Brockless Cottage and Brockleaze), formerly owned by Francis John Lys
    Francis John Lys
    Dr Francis John Lys was a British lecturer and academic administrator. He was Provost of Worcester College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1932 until 1935....

     (1863–1947), Provost of Worcester College, Oxford
    Worcester College, Oxford
    Worcester College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college was founded in the eighteenth century, but its predecessor on the same site had been an institution of learning since the late thirteenth century...

     and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.

Educational institutions

Rye St Antony School
Rye St Antony School
Rye St Antony School is an independent Roman Catholic boarding and day school for girls aged 3 to 18 in Pullens Lane, Headington, Oxford, England. It is commonly abbreviated and referred to by both pupils and staff as 'Rye'. Rye is unique as a girls’ independent catholic school founded by lay women...

, founded in 1930, is located in Pullens Lane. It started in central Oxford and moved to a 12 acres (48,562.3 m²) site on the east side of Pullens Lane in 1939.

Plater College
Plater College
Plater College was an adult education establishment which was based in Headington, Oxford, England.- College history :The college was founded in 1922 by the Rev. Leo O'Hea, S.J...

 moved from makeshift facilities at Boars Hill
Boars Hill
Boars Hill is a hill hamlet southwest of Oxford, straddling the boundariy between the civil parishes of Sunningwell and Wootton. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.-History:...

 south of Oxford to a new purpose-built residential college on Pullens Lane, after demolishing Fairfield (previously known as The Pullens) during the 1970s, under the leadership of Joseph Kirwan (1910–2005). The college closed in 2005. The site is now occupied by the EF International Language School.
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