Editing St Cross College, Oxford (section)

==Buildings==
The college is located on St Giles' near to the [[Ashmolean Museum]], south of [[Regent's Park College, Oxford|Regent's Park College]] and immediately north of [[Blackfriars, Oxford|Blackfriars]], and faces [[St John's College, Oxford|St John's College]]. It is close to the [[Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford|Classics Faculty]] and the [[Oriental Institute, Oxford|Oriental Institute]].

The college buildings are structured around two quads, the Richard Blackwell Quadrangle and the new West Quad. St Cross shares the site with Pusey House, which comprises the first floor and parts of the ground floor to the eastern side of the Blackwell quad, a library on the first floor on its western side, as well as the chapel. The original Pusey House buildings around the Blackwell quad, including the chapel, date from the period of 1884 to 1926 and are mainly the work of the architects [[Temple Lushington Moore|Temple and Leslie Moore]] and [[Ninian Comper]]. Discreet internal alterations were made when St Cross moved in by Geoffrey Beard and the Oxford Architects Partnership. Among these was the conversion of a cloister and store rooms into the Saugman Hall (now the Saugman Common Room) named after [[Per Saugman]], a former director of [[Blackwell Scientific Publications]] and a former fellow of the college. The first quadrangle was named the Richard Blackwell Quadrangle in honour of Richard Blackwell (another former fellow); both Saugman and Blackwell played a crucial part in securing the large Blackwell benefaction for St Cross. Most students, however, used to refer to the Richard Blackwell Quadrangle by its nickname: 'the Quad'. After completion of the second quad, it is now commonly known as 'the front Quad'.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

At the west side of the Blackwell Quad lies the Four Colleges Arch, named after the four colleges which had contributed especially generous capital and recurrent funding to St Cross: [[Merton College|Merton]], [[All Souls College, Oxford|All Souls]], [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]], and [[St John's College, Oxford|St John's]]. Behind the Four Colleges Arch originally lay a large open garden bordered by medieval boundary wall. This offered the college the possibility of expanding its buildings and erecting a second quadrangle, the West Quad.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Work was first completed on the South Wing on the southern side of the West Quad, containing a hall and kitchen, with bar, the Ian Skipper conference room, and the Caroline Miles games room below, a guest room and study bedrooms above. This development has in part been financed by Ian Skipper, Domus fellow of the college, after whom the conference room on the lower ground floor was named.<ref>Burnley Express, [http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/burnley-car-empire-boss-ian-skipper-dies-1-1692659 Ian Skipper Obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034830/http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/burnley-car-empire-boss-ian-skipper-dies-1-1692659 |date=28 November 2018 }}</ref>

A second building to the western and northern sides of the West Quad was set to be completed in time for the college's [[semicentennial]] in 2015.<ref>[http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/news/stories/st_cross_announces_shortlist_f Quadrangle design shortlist] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623100236/http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/news/stories/st_cross_announces_shortlist_f |date=23 June 2012 }} St Cross College News, 12 June 2012.</ref> However, planning permission for the new building was rejected, as it required the demolition of a medieval boundary wall, an action which the council qualified as 'unjustifiable'.<ref>[http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/niall-mclaughlins-oxford-college-plans-rejected/8654824.article Niall McLaughlin's Oxford college plans rejected] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202071352/http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/niall-mclaughlins-oxford-college-plans-rejected/8654824.article |date=2 December 2019 }} Architects' Journal, 28 October 2013</ref> Planning permission was subsequently granted following an appeal,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/about-st-cross/news/st-cross-college-achieves-planning-permission-proposed-west-quad |title= St Cross College achieves planning permission for the proposed West Quad |publisher= University of Oxford |access-date= 29 September 2014 |archive-date= 30 October 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181030214606/https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/about-st-cross/news/st-cross-college-achieves-planning-permission-proposed-west-quad |url-status= dead }}</ref> and the new West Wing building was completed in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/accommodation |title= St Cross College Accommodation |publisher= University of Oxford |access-date= 11 August 2016 |archive-date= 16 July 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190716182957/https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/accommodation |url-status= live }}</ref> The new West Quad includes 50 student bedrooms, a lecture theatre, a library with a garden room (the Douglas and Catherine Wigdor Library), several seminar rooms, and the Audrey Blackman Guest Room.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/stx/Website%20Documentation/Development/West%20Quad/West%20Quad%20brochure%20-%20web%20version.pdf |title=St Cross College West Quad Brochure |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=11 August 2016 |archive-date=22 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151022091716/https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/access/content/group/stx/Website%20Documentation/Development/West%20Quad/West%20Quad%20brochure%20-%20web%20version.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Soon after it opened, cracks in the [[glassfibre reinforced concrete]] window surrounds appeared, which were found not to have been manufactured to specification and required quality. The building subsequently closed for replacement with a different material, and should reopen in 2023.<ref name=telegraph-20230220>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/20/oxford-colleges-innovative-new-building-falling-apart-three/ |title=Oxford college's 'innovative' new building falling apart after three years |last=Clarence-Smith |first=Louisa |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url-access=limited |date=20 February 2023 |access-date=21 February 2023 |archive-date=20 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220232114/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/20/oxford-colleges-innovative-new-building-falling-apart-three/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition to the current main site, the college still owns its original site on St Cross Road, located near the [[Faculty of Law, University of Oxford|Law Faculty]] and [[Faculty of English, University of Oxford|English Faculty]]. After the college moved to its present location, this site was developed into student accommodation, the St Cross Annexe. The site is shared with Brasenose, who also own an annexe on the site. Additional buildings which are run by St Cross College as student accommodation include Bradmore Road House, Stonemason House, and the Wellington Square houses.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/accommodation |title= St Cross College Accommodation |publisher= University of Oxford |access-date= 11 August 2016 |archive-date= 16 July 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190716182957/https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/accommodation |url-status= live }}</ref>

The master's lodgings are also located in Wellington Square.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}