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Victorian building comes to life as a nursery

After just eight months work on site, Oxford University has opened a brand new nursery offering places for around 90 children. The nursery occupies a Victorian Arts and Crafts building in the north Oxford conservation area.

The nursery on Woodstock Road is the fourth now offered exclusively for university staff and is run by Kidsunlimited. Architects Spratley Studios carried out a thoughtful conversion to provide a bright and spacious learning environment.

At Oxford University, the demand for nursery places vastly outstrips provision and the University’s Estates Department identified 92 Woodstock Road as the most desirable location to provide additional provision.

Spratley Studios was appointed as lead architect to develop a space which provided capacity for 60 full-time places, along with activities such as after-school and homework clubs for school-age children and outdoor space for both nursery play and parking.

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