{"id":18261,"date":"2018-03-14T15:55:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T15:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=18261"},"modified":"2018-03-14T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T15:57:22","slug":"photos-of-oxford-architecture-fog-frozen-canal-church-tower-views-and-the-monochrome-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/photos-of-oxford-architecture-fog-frozen-canal-church-tower-views-and-the-monochrome-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of Oxford: architecture, fog, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-01.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a selection of around 80 photos taken around Oxford during a chilly early March weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a beautiful place to visit, with some striking architecture and plenty of history to absorb &#8211; and there&#8217;s lots here for Harry Potter fans with\u00a0locations like the Bodleian, New College and Christ Church featuring in many of the early films.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-02.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Snow was still on the ground when we arrived at Oxford&#8217;s well appointed but architecturally bland railway station.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-03.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The independently owned Royal Oxford Hotel stands on one of the three sides of the confusingly named Frideswide Square.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-04.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Open till 3am on weekends, the Oxford Retreat proved a relaxing way to wrap up a long night.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-05.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the frozen Castle Mill Stream.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-06.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-07.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-08.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>George Street view.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-09.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Former Old Boys High School.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-10.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-11.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2010 via a contentious \u00a375 million donation from the Ukraine-born businessman\u00a0Leonard Blavatnik, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bsg.ox.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blavatnik School of Government<\/a>\u00a0is made up of an\u00a0irregular stack of cylindrical and horseshoe-shaped blocks make up the curving glass form. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2016\/02\/25\/herzog-de-meuron-oxford-university-blavatnik-school-governance-based-parliamentary-buildings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-13.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oxford Picturehouse in the snow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-12.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was in Oxford to play with the Monochrome Set at the Jericho Tavern.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-14.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Jericho Tavern played a pivotal role in the late 1980s music scene, hosting soon-to-be famous acts like Ride, Radiohead, and Supergrass.<\/p>\n<p>Other acts to play at The Jericho include Mumford and Sons, Stornoway, Bastille and the Bombay Bicycle Club.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-15.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monochrome Set onstage (live pics by Viola Spanu).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-17.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-18.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-16.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I played a kit with a very small tom and an almighty hefty bass drum. It sounded ace,<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-19.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walking back into town.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-20.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-21.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Castle Mill Stream feeds into the River Thames in Oxford.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-22.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Catching some late beers at the Oxford Retreat. A DJ played on his lonesome at the far end, while a small hen party made the most of the night.<\/p>\n<p>Despite it being around 1am, it was free to get in and the staff were really friendly too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-23.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We stayed at the YHA in Oxford, which was fairly basic but perfectly satisfactory.<\/p>\n<p>Guests were invited to leave a message on luggage labels on a display in the foyer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-24.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The post-modern architecture of the Sa\u00efd Business School, the University of Oxford&#8217;s centre of learning for undergraduate and graduate students in business, management and finance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxford-royale.co.uk\/articles\/8-beautiful-architecture-oxford.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oxford Royale<\/a> says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The design of the Sa\u00efd Business School is similarly knowing. The product of a \u00a370 million donation to the University of Oxford from Saudi-Syrian businessman Wafic Sa\u00efd, it consciously references the donor\u2019s heritage with a ziggurat (ultimately inspired by the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in the Persian empire) but also the traditional design of an Oxford college or a medieval monastery, with a cloistered garden<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-25.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oxford Castle mound.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-26.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oxford Castle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-27.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-28.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Amen to that.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-29.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oxford council building.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-32.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-38.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-30.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-31.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were served an excellent breakfast here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-33.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-35.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>St Martin&#8217;s Tower &#8211; popularly called &#8220;Carfax Tower&#8221; is all that remains of the 12th-century St Martin&#8217;s Church.<\/p>\n<p>Built between about 1122 and 1896, you can climb to the top for a small fee.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-36.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tower still has a\u00a0ring\u00a0of six bells: five recast from the original ring by Richard Keene of\u00a0Woodstock\u00a0in 1676, plus another cast by Keene two years later.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-37.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>View from the top.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-39.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-40.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Writing on the lead roof.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-34.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-41.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-42.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-43.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Indoor shopping arcade.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-44.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-45.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-46.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-47.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-48.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More architectural views:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-49.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-50.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-51.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-52.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Old water pump.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-53.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-54.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Palladian splendour of the the Radcliffe Camera (built 1737-1749)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-55.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-56.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-57.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-58.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A fallen head of a snow man with college scarf still in place.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-59.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-60.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-61.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Gothic detailing of Schools Quadrangle echoes the university&#8217;s connection to the medieval past.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-62.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-63.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-64.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-65.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-66.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-67.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-68.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hertford Bridge, often called &#8220;the Bridge of Sighs&#8221;, is a skyway joining two parts of Hertford College over New College Lane in Oxford, England.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-69.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-70.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-71.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roof detail.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-72.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-73.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-74.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-75.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-76.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-77.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-78.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Old fashioned dentist sign.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-79.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A very narrow building.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-80.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Medieval Pret a manger!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-81.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 11th century Saxon tower at the North Gate is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-82.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/oxford-photos-83.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of Oxford: architecture, frozen canal, church tower views and The Monochrome Set, March 2018\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a selection of around 80 photos taken around Oxford during a chilly early March weekend. 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