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the character of the area as a leafy, academic suburb; a venerable area for serious researchand study unimpeded by pomp and ceremony.Dyson Perrins is not visible from the western end ofSouth Parks Road (Figure 8). This junction with ParksRoad is dominated by the Radcliffe Science and, ifcoming from the north, Rhodes House. The curve ofthe road, the 1954-57 extension of InorganicChemistry, and the new (2011) Earth Sciencesbuilding blocks the view of Dyson Perrins from thisend of the road. The tree cover is a significant factor inthe character of the area from this point, as is the greenglass of the Chemistry Research Laboratory.Travelling from the west, Dyson Perrins first becomesvisible from the southern side of the road level withthe eastern end of the Radcliffe Science Library andthe western end of Rhodes House (Figure 9). Theextruding porch of the Dyson Perrins Laboratory is thefirst visible feature. At this point the laboratory seemsto form part of a continuous, though heterogeneous,mass of science-related buildings that appear to form asouthern perimeter to the historic extent of the ScienceArea along the northern edge of South Parks Road.Figure 9. The first glimpse ofDyson Perrins from outsideRhodes HouseAs one draws closer, Dyson Perrinsappears to become more of adistinct building, separate fromthose around it. From outside 1South Parks Road, the DysonPerrins Laboratory becomes visibleas a clearly distinctive building, thewidth of its façade giving it asprawling demeanour. TheClipsham stone of the new EarthSciences building to the west andthe yellowed brick of Physical andTheoretical Chemistry to the eastdelineate the Dyson PerrinsLaboratory, whose red brick standsout starkly.Figure 10. the Dyson Perrins Laboratory from outside1 South Parks RoadThe Dyson Perrins Laboratory faces directly onto the Chemistry Research Laboratory, abouthalf-way down South Parks Road. The early-twentieth-century façades of the RadcliffeScience Library, the Dyson Perrins Laboratory, and the Dunn School of Pathology, formThe Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford 28Conservation Plan, May 2012
something of a southern perimeter to the historic Science Area. 1 and 2 South Parks Road arethe only extant reminders of the past residential character of the southern side of the road,which has since been occupied by the some of the more-starkly modern elements of theScience Area, such as the Chemistry Research Laboratory and Experimental Psychology.The Dyson Perrins Laboratory is not the defining factor in the character of South Parks Road,but stands as an important member of the group of early-twentieth-century science-relatedbuildings on the northern side South Parks Road. Amongst this group, the Sir William DunnSchool of Pathology (1925-27) is the more accomplished example of red brick on an earlyeighteenth-century theme. 25 These buildings, along with the more-modern examples ofscience buildings, highlight the development and long history of science in this area.Figure 11. The Dyson Perrins Laboratory looking north-westwards from outside theChemistry Research Laboratory3.2 Architectural SignificanceArchitecturally, the exterior of the Dyson Perrins Laboratory displays the early-twentiethcenturydecision to utilise classical styles in modern buildings. There are hints of the wartimeausterity that formed the context of the first phase of construction in the bare embellishmentsof the exterior: ‘[Waterhouse’s] first scheme had a giant order of attached columns, but theexecuted building, in brick and stone, is rather nondescript.’ 26 Whilst relatively plain, the25 Kay, D., ‘Architecture’ in Harrison, B., (ed.), The History of the University of Oxford, Volume VIII: TheTwentieth Century (Oxford, 1994) 499-518.26 Howell, P., ‘Oxford Architecture, 1800-1914’ in Brock, M.G., and Curthoys, M.C., The History of theUniversity of Oxford: Volume VII: Nineteenth-Century Oxford, Part 2 (Oxford, 2000) 757.The Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford 29Conservation Plan, May 2012
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