Harry Wilkinson Moore, FRIBA (1850–1915) was a Victorian and

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architect. He was the son of Arthur Moore (1814–1873) and Mary Wilkinson (1821–1904), and a nephew of the architects George Wilkinson and William Wilkinson.

Career

Moore was a pupil of William Wilkinson in 1872 and assistant to

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in 1878. Moore was in partnership with William Wilkinson from 1881. Moore was made a Fellow of the

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in 1888.

Works

Moore designed a number of notable buildings in

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. His works include: * Park Building (1885-1895), a building of

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. *The drinking fountain on the corner of Walton Well Road and Southmoor Road * The Vineyard (1889–90), also known as Pollock House and now The Vines, on Pullens Lane in Headington. * Napier House (1892), now Cotuit Hall, also on Pullens Lane, now a hall of residence for EF Academy, Oxford. *Durham Buildings, University of Oxford (1902) * Logic Lane covered bridge (1904) over Logic Lane at

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. He also designed many houses in North Oxford, including in the following roads: Banbury Road, Bardwell Road, Chalfont Road, Farndon Road, Frenchay Road, Hayfield Road, Kingston Road, Linton Road, Northmoor Road, Polstead Road, Rawlinson Road, St Margaret's Road, Southmoor Road, Walton Well Road, and Woodstock Road. (Appendix: ''Gazetter'')

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