Dorset House

Short description: Large house in Oxford, England

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

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]

* 1878–1899: Ellerslie
* 1899–1920: Hillstow
* 1920–1961: Hillstow Annexe, Headington School
* 1961–2004: Dorset House, School of Occupational Therapy

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Dorset House, 58 London Road". Headington history: Non-listed buildings. UK: www.headington.org.uk. http://www.headington.org.uk/history/buildings/dorsethouse.htm. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
2. ↑ Copeland, Jack et al. (2017). "Notes on Contributors". The Turing Guide. Oxford University Press. pp. 476. ISBN 978-0198747833.
3. ↑ Buratta, Chris (2 April 2011). "Student flats plan gets the go-ahead". Oxford Mail (UK). http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/8949255.Student_flats_plan_gets_the_go_ahead/.
4. ↑ "Dorset House". UK: Oxford Brookes University. https://www.brookes.ac.uk/studying-at-brookes/accommodation/returning-students/dorset-house/. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

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