Southmoor Road is a road in Walton Manor

Walton Manor

Walton Manor is a residential suburb in Oxford, England. It is north of Jericho and the former site of the Radcliffe Infirmary hospital and forms part of North Oxford. The street layout and many of the area's buildings date from the mid-19th century...

, north 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

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Location

The road runs north-south, with a turn to the east to join Kingston Road

Kingston Road

Kingston Road may be:* Kingston Road, Oxford, England* Kingston Road , Canada* Kingston Road, Durham Region, Canada...

, which runs parallel to the east, at its northern end. At the southern end, there is a junction with Longworth Road and Walton Well Road

Walton Well Road

Walton Well Road is a road in central north Oxford, England. It provides the main link from central Oxford to Port Meadow and beyond.- Location :...

. Half way along is a junction with Southmoor Place to the east, also linking it with Kingston Road. To the west is the Oxford Canal

Oxford Canal

The Oxford Canal is a narrow canal in central England linking Oxford with Coventry via Banbury and Rugby. It connects with the River Thames at Oxford, to the Grand Union Canal at the villages of Braunston and Napton-on-the-Hill, and to the Coventry Canal at Hawkesbury Junction in Bedworth just...

. To the south is the district of Jericho

Jericho, Oxford

Jericho is a historic suburb of the English city of Oxford. It consists of the streets bounded by the Oxford Canal, Worcester College, Walton Street and Walton Well Road. Located outside the old city wall, it was originally a place for travellers to rest if they had reached the city after the...

. The houses have been described as "large small house(s)" as opposed to the "small large house(s)" in the Chalfont Road

Chalfont Road

- Location:The road runs north–south between Frenchay Road to the north and Polstead Road to the south. To the west is Hayfield Road and to the east is Woodstock Road...

 area to the northeast.

History

Houses in the road were originally leased between 1883 and 1895 as part of the North Oxford

North Oxford

North Oxford is a suburban part of the city of Oxford in England. It was owned for many centuries largely by St John's College, Oxford and many of the area's Victorian houses were initially sold on leasehold by the College....

 estate of St John's College

St John's College, Oxford

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. The houses were mainly designed by the architectural partnership of Wilkinson

William Wilkinson (architect)

William Wilkinson was a British Gothic Revival architect who practised in Oxford, England.-Family:Wilkinson's father was a builder in Witney in Oxfordshire. William's elder brother George Wilkinson was also an architect, as were William's nephews C.C. Rolfe and H.W. Moore .-Career:Wilkinson...

 & Moore, with some by 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:...

 and J. C. Gray.

At the southern end of Southmoor Road, at the junction with Longworth Road and Walton Well Road, a drinking fountain was installed in 1885 on the site of a water spring.
It was erected by William Ward

William Ward (mayor)

William Ward was a Victorian Mayor of the city of Oxford, in England.William Ward was the son of Henry Ward , who himself was the son of Abraham Ward from Warwickshire. His mother was Sarah Ward , the daughter of Abraham Ward from Stafford and Oxford.Ward became a coal merchant as his father had...

, who was earlier Mayor of Oxford for the years 1851 and 1861.
The fountain was designed by Harry Wilkinson Moore, architect of many of the houses in Southmoor Road, and carved in Portland stone

Portland stone

Portland stone is a limestone from the Tithonian stage of the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. The quarries consist of beds of white-grey limestone separated by chert beds. It has been used extensively as a building stone throughout the British Isles, notably in major...

 by McCulloch of London

London

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In previous times, the road has been relatively down-market, but it is now a desirable area. Residents in the road celebrated its centenary with a street party

Street party

A street party can mean any type of social event taking place on a road.In Britain, these have historically been held to commemorate momentous events, such as VE Day or the Queen's Silver Jubilee, with "bunting, trestle tables covered with sandwiches and cakes, and children playing in the street"...

on 22 June 1986.