St Michael's Street is a street in central Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It runs between New Inn Hall Street

New Inn Hall Street

New Inn Hall Street is a street in central Oxford, England. It is a shopping street running north-south parallel and to the west of Cornmarket Street, with George Street to the north and Queen Street to the south...

 to the west and Cornmarket

Cornmarket Street

Cornmarket Street is a major shopping street and pedestrian precinct in Oxford, England that runs north-south between Carfax Tower and Magdalen Street.Retailers in Cornmarket include:* Austin Reed...

 to the east, with Ship Street

Ship Street, Oxford

Ship Street is a historic street that runs east–west in central Oxford, England.- Location :The street lies north of Jesus College and west of Exeter College, two of Oxford University's historic colleges. To the south, at the western end is the Junior Common Room and to the eastern end is the...

 almost opposite.

Northgate Hall

Northgate Hall

The Northgate Hall stands in St Michael's Street, Oxford, England. It has had a number of purposes:* It was originally built as a Primitive Methodist Church, but with Methodist Union in 1932 it was no longer needed for this purpose, as the Wesleyan Wesley Memorial Church is about 100m away;* From...

 is located here. Also to be found off the street is the debating chamber of the Oxford Union

Oxford Union

The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in the city of Oxford, Britain, whose membership is drawn primarily but not exclusively from the University of Oxford...

, a leading student society in the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

. Vanbrugh House at No. 20 is of particular architectural note as being "almost a parody of Blenheim

Blenheim Palace

Blenheim Palace  is a monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, residence of the dukes of Marlborough. It is the only non-royal non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between...

" according to Pevsner

Nikolaus Pevsner

Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...

.

There is a blue plaque

Blue plaque

A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker....

, installed on 2 July 2002 by the Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board

Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board

The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, established in 1999, is administered by the Oxford Civic Society. It oversees the installation of blue plaques on historic buildings in the county of Oxfordshire, England to commemorate famous residents and events...

, for the prison reformer Felicia Skene

Felicia Skene

Felicia Mary Frances Skene was a Scottish author, philanthropist and prison reformer in the Victorian era.Skene used the pseudonym Erskine Moir and was a friend of Florence Nightingale ....

 (1821–1899), located at 34 St Michael's Street.

External links

• 10 St Michael's Street, a 16th-century Tudor
  Tudor style architecture
  The Tudor architectural style is the final development of medieval architecture during the Tudor period and even beyond, for conservative college patrons...
  
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