Dorset House

Dorset House was a large house in Headington, Oxford, England.[1]

For the house on display at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, see The Dorset House.

This villa, known in its later years as Dorset House, was built in 1878 on the south side of London Road, Oxford. It had several names during its lifetime:[1]

Catherine Caughey (1923–2008), who worked on codebreaking at Bletchley Park during World War II, subsequently trained as an occupational therapist at Dorset House.[2]

The house was acquired by Quintain property developers in 2006 and demolished in 2009.[1] Quintain sold the site to Berkeley Homes in September 2010 for £5m. The site was developed as student housing for Oxford Brookes University students during 2011–12.[3] and is managed by Unite, still under the name of Dorset House.[4]

References
  1. "Dorset House, 58 London Road". Headington history: Non-listed buildings. UK: www.headington.org.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. Copeland, Jack; Bowen, Jonathan; Sprevak, Mark; Wilson, Robin; et al. (2017). "Notes on Contributors". The Turing Guide. Oxford University Press. p. 476. ISBN 978-0198747833.
  3. Buratta, Chris (2 April 2011). "Student flats plan gets the go-ahead". Oxford Mail. UK.
  4. "Dorset House". UK: Oxford Brookes University. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

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