The Vines is a house on

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, a suburb in east

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. It was the first house to be built on the west side of the lane, on land that was originally owned by the Morrell family, local brewers. The house is built of red brick with stone dressings. The house was built in 1889–90 for Professor

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(1849–1934). It was designed by the

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architect

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(1850–1915). In 1923, it became known as The Vineyard, after the first owner, Professor Vines. In 1948, the Vineyard was purchased by the

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, who renamed it to be Pollock House after its last owner. From 1948 to 1956, it was used as the Nurses Training School of the then Wingfield-Morris Orthopaedic Hospital, now the

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. From 1958 till around 1976, it was used as the hospital's Night Nurses' Home. Subsequently, it was part of

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until 2004. The house was renamed to The Vines, is now occupied by Scholarship & Christianity in Oxford (SCIO), the United Kingdom centre of the

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(CCCU). Close by, also in Pullens Lane, is

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, part of

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and previously one of the halls of residence at

. This was designed by the same architect, H. W. Moore, and built in 1892. In the past, it was known as

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