Magdalen Great Tower - Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
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BruceS
N 51° 45.099 W 001° 14.810
30U E 621016 N 5734870
Imposing bell tower for Magdalen College in Oxford.
Waymark Code: WM9ZD5
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/21/2010
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The stone English Gothic style bell tower was built beginning in 1492 and completed in 1509. A 144-foot tall it is the tallest building in Oxford. The tower houses a peal of 10 bells from various foundries, the largest being 19 cwt was cast in 1623.
From wikipedia: "The tower, joined to the south range of college buildings, is built in four storeys unequal in height. Octagonal turrets encase the corners; the slightly larger northwest turret encloses the spiral stair, lit by slit windows. The basement is windowless; the second and third stages have small windows in three sides; the fourth, principal storey is loftier, with a double window on each face divided by a buttress rising through the panelled frieze and mock battlements, where it is surmounted by a figure in a niche crowned by a pinnacle slightly smaller that the four pinnacles that crown the corners."
Date Built: 1492
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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...