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An Oxford spire – a Victorian oak, pine and lead hexagonal section arcaded tower,
removed from the Walter Bodmer Building, Oxford University,
the spired roof with copper lightening conductor, lead cap and cedar shingles, above the arcaded cupola around a central post and lead-covered base-plate,
£14,600
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The Walter Bodmer Building was part of the inter-collegiate Science department and was found behind the Pitt Rivers Museum in Central Oxford. A significant re-building programme around 2005-6 saw its demolition. The tower was salvaged and has resided in Cambridge since – LASSCO has brought it home to Oxford.
It is of robust construction but would benefit from being re-tiled with wooden shingles – the arcaded lower section is also subject to weathering.