Headington School Oxford Boathouse Facility
Headington School Oxford New Boathouse Facility, Oxfordshire Education Design
Headington School Oxford Boathouse Facility
HSOBC Building on River Thames, England, UK – design by Spratley & Partners Architects
17 June 2019
Headington School Oxford Boathouse Building
Location: River Thames, Oxfordshire, Southern England
Design: Spratley & Partners
Spratley & Partners has received planning approval for a new boathouse facility for Headington School in Oxford, one of the top rowing schools in the UK.
The boathouse will provide a sporting hub with facilities for accommodation, storage and preparation for the Headington School Oxford Boat Club (HSOBC) for their intensive training and rowing aspirations.
image courtesy of architects practice
HSOBC, which has developed two Olympians and 118 girls who have rowed competitively for Great Britain, has never owned its own boathouse or had direct access to the River Thames. After years renting facilities at Godstow, the school will now have a boathouse, wet dock and boating pontoons on a site at Maddy Moorings, Long Wittenham.
The 8-acre site will provide the Boat Club with 300 metres of river frontage and is located just upstream from the Barley Mow pub where 19th century author Jerome K. Jerome wrote the timeless classic Three Men in a Boat. The situation is a particularly scenic and private mature setting affording awe-inspiring views facing due west across the River Thames to delightful private grazing meadows ...
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