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Wadham College was founded in 1610 in the reign of King James I by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham. Nicholas Wadham, a member of an ancient Somerset family, died in 1609 leaving his fortune to endow a college at Oxford.
Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Dorothy Wadham, according to the will of her late husband Nicholas Wadham, a member of an ancient Devon and Somerset family. The central buildings, a notable example of Jacobean architecture, were designed by the architect William Arnold and erected between 1610 and 1613. They include a large and ornate Hall.
'Wadham is the only college [in Oxford] which was built all at one go and has remained virtually unchanged since....' (or at least had when Sherwood and Pevsner first published their survey of Oxfordshire in 1974). 'The foundation date is 1610; building began in the same year and was completed in 1613.'
Wadham offers college accommodation for each year of your undergraduate study, set within breath-taking gardens and outdoor spaces. This includes our recently completed Dorothy Wadham Building for second years, in vibrant East Oxford on Iffley Road.
Mar 10, 2021 · The College was founded in 1610 during the reign of King James I by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham. Nicholas Wadham came from a wealthy Somerset family, he died in 1609 leaving his fortune to his widow Dorothy, with strict instructions that she use the funds to endow a college at Oxford.
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May 21, 2021 · ‘This project is about encouraging potential students to come and experience the University of Oxford,’ says Ho-Yin Ng, director at Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A) whose connected Undergraduate Centre and Access Centre, designed to improve facilities and widen access at Wadham College, were completed at the start of the year.
