A QUIET HOUSE IN OXFORDFIRST EDITION · MMXXVI

THE PRIVATE CIRCULATION OF

Oxford
Marginalia

HOTEL & CASINO
14 Holywell Street · Oxford · OX1 3SA
ROOMS · SUPPER · EVENING ROOMS

Printed for guests, scholars and good company.

CHAPTER I

CHAMBERS FOR SHORT & LONG RESIDENCE

A room of one’s own,
with breakfast.

  1. [1]

    The Garden Chamber

    A ground-floor room looking into the old fellows’ garden, with an oak writing table, king bed and stone bath reached through a book-lined passage.

    EDITION
    Two guests · from £285
  2. [2]

    The High Street Chamber

    Tall windows, a window seat and a view over bicycles, spires and the first movement of morning. Double glazing keeps the room composed.

    EDITION
    Two guests · from £320
  3. [3]

    The Senior Suite

    A bedroom and private sitting room beneath restored beams, supplied with a dining table, deep bath and shelves chosen for staying rather than display.

    EDITION
    Two guests · from £410
Request a chamber
CHAPTER II

THE COMMON ROOM

Fire, papers
and an armchair.

Morning coffee becomes afternoon tea without any announcement. Residents may read, work, meet a guest or lose an hour to the shelves.

The oak-lined Common Room at Oxford Marginalia
FIG. 1

The Common Room looking west. Newspapers laid out from seven; fire lit whenever the air calls for it.

CHAPTER III

NOTES TOWARDS SUPPER

A short menu,
properly footnoted.

We begin with what arrived well: trout from Bibury, vegetables from the college gardens, local beef and cheeses that deserve their own paragraph. The menu is brief because the kitchen would rather explain each plate than repeat itself.

Supper is served from half past six until ten. A small late menu remains available to residents until midnight.

CHAPTER IV

STACK & STAIR

The house between
its chapters.

Landings carry maps, small paintings and shelves assembled by former guests. The narrow stair beside the library leads to the roof walk; the broad stair returns to the fire.

CHAPTER V

AFTER HOURS

A private reading room
that happens to deal cards.

At nine, the blue door beyond the library opens to our in-house Casino. Tables are quietly hosted, drinks arrive from the Common Room and the late hours keep the manners of the house.

Read the Casino syllabus Entry is for adults aged 18 and over.
A quiet library corner prepared for an evening reader
End plate · The library at eleven o’clock.