Records relating to EC/9 College site and buildings
Exeter College has been situated on its original site bordered by Turl Street, Broad Street, and Brasenose Lane since 1312, when the first of many Halls was purchased by Walter de Stapeldon. For a map of where these Halls were please look at section EC/1/1. The buildings have continually been improved, torn down and then new buildings built to increase expansion and demand as the College has grown.
The earliest section of the college that still survives to this day is Palmer's Tower (1432), which previously was the main entrance tower just outside the Oxford city wall.
The current College Hall, with the undercroft bar, was built in 1618 but has been refurbished since many times.
Both the Chapel and the Library have had various different editions over the years but the current buildings were designed by George Gilbert Scott. The Library opened in 1857 and the Chapel in 1859.
EC/9/1 Early Halls [1230] - (1593)
A series of seven boxes containing one hundred and forty five deeds related to a variety of Halls around the Exeter College site that were either bequeathed, purchased or transferred.
EC/9/2 Surveys (1618-1994)
This small series contains a volume and folder; the main survey book was originally compiled by Rector John Prideaux in 1631 in Latin, with a partial transcription a century later by Rector Thomas Stinton.
EC/9/3 Building Accounts (1700-1795)
One account book and some account sheets for monies received for building works around Exeter College during the eighteenth century.
EC/9/4 College site engravings (1675-1957)
One folder of a series of engravings showing various aspects of Exeter College; the earliest in the folder is the 1675 engraving by David Loggan of a view of Exeter College.
EC/9/5 Quad Structure (1993-1996)
One folder on recent refurbishment of the quad structure.
EC/9/6 Sports ground, sports pavilion and squash courts (1884-1982)
The first Sports pavilion began to be built in 1929, on part of a new sports field at Marston from original designs by T. Harold Hughes, this section contains eight folders.
EC/9/7 Exeter College Boathouse (1939-1990)
Two folders containing original and subsequent leases for the Boathouse.
EC/9/8 Rector's Lodge (1982-1987)
In the 1560s Sir William Petre and the new Rector re-endowed the College, and from this period the Rector lived in lodgings which formed part of Palmer's Tower the original gatehouse; this section contains one folder.
EC/9/9 Fellow's Garden (1613-2014)
This space has had several changes over years, some due to fashions but others due to the proximity of the Bodleian Libraries and Divinity School; this section contains nine folders.
EC/9/10 College Hall and Kitchen (1904-1928)
The Hall originally stood in the middle of the quadrangle, with the Kitchen and buttery near by, in 1618 work started on building the current Hall, with a large cellar below it, thanks to a bequest from Sir John Acland; this section contains three folders.