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Radcliffe Observatory, Woodstock Road, Oxford: the spiral staircase leading to the upper gallery in the octagonal observing room at the top of the tower

RIBA Ref No RIBA48104
Architect/DesignerKeene, Henry (1726-1776)
Wyatt, James (1746-1813)
Artist/PhotographerHurst, C.
CountryUK: England
CityOxford
Subject Date1793
Image Date1957
ViewInterior
StyleGeorgian
MediumPhotoprint
Library ReferenceAP Box 209 Oxford
OrientationLandscape
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditArchitectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
SubjectUniversity buildings ; Spiral stairs ; Observatories ; Windows
NOTES; Built for the University of Oxford by the Radcliffe Trustees, this observatory was begun to the design of Henry Keene in 1772, but after his death completed in 1794 to a different design by James Wyatt.
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