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Yard block off the manor's north wing. A review of college services led to the decision to close the kitchens and dining room, Manor residents were to use the new facilities at the College Hall, from 2008. This reversed a tendency towards the Manor being regarded as a separate college; Balliol is in
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female graduates. Finally in 1984, after Balliol College had begun accepting women it took its current form as a residence just for Balliol's graduates. A supplementary graduate students accommodation block, built on the opposite corner of the road to the Manor on the 'Master's Field', was opened in
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fact the ninth largest graduate college in the University by post-graduate student members. This allowed for internal improvements and facilities, notably an additional common space known as the 'cockpit' or 'lounge', and a gym, which are available for use by all College members.
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The oldest surviving part of the site is the 16th-century farmhouse which now houses the 'Praefectus', i.e., the resident supervising Fellow. It was acquired by Balliol College in 1929, prior to which it had been a convent of the
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began an association between Holywell and the arts which still continues. What is now one of the Manor's computer rooms is decorated with murals depicting the tradition of the founding of the College painted by
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priests. The building was enlarged during 1555–72 and Napper's family remained in residence until the 17th Century. The building was partially demolished in 1761 and divided into three parts in 1828.
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The extensive extensions to the original manor were designed by the architect George Kennedy, an alumnus of the College. These include the road facing façade, the entrance courtyard and the grand
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The Manor opened in 1932 and remained a hostel for Balliol's undergraduates until the 1960s, except for during
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and a home for unmarried mothers (though it was deserted by 1929). The purchase was planned by
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in order to provide accommodation for undergraduates and was funded by donations to the
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by the College in 1531. When occupied by Napper's family, the house became a refuge for
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and St Cross Road, have been built Fellows houses, notably 'The King's Mound' in 1894.
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The building was significantly extended in 1993 with the construction of the
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Balliol College has had a presence in the area since the purchase by
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in 1294 and was rebuilt by the College in 1516. It was leased to
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postgraduate student population. It is on the corner of
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Oxford
England
Holywell
Balliol College's
Manor Road
St Cross Road
St Cross Church

Church of St Peter-in-the-East
Merton College
Edward Napper
Roman Catholic
Benjamin Jowett
Master
Mansfield Road
Community of St John Baptist
Clewer
Kenneth Norman Bell
Balliol Society
Queen Anne style
Ginkgo trees
C. S. Orwin
World War II
St Hugh's College
St Anne's College's
Leslie Martin
Jack Dellal

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