14-626: Blue Boar may refer to: Blue Boar Quadrangle Blue Boar Street in Oxford Blue Boar Cafeterias , a defunct cafeteria chain in the Southern United States Blue Boar cafe at Watford Gap services The Blue Boar, a former public house in Grantham Blue Boar (bomb) , a cold war era television-guided bomb Blue Boar, York , a pub Topics referred to by
28-808: A life peer on 17 January 1983 as Baron McIntosh of Haringey of Haringey in Greater London. He served as a whip and a culture spokesman in the House of Lords . He was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council in 2002. Andrew McIntosh was the UK's Minister for the Media and Heritage at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2003 to 2005. His responsibilities included broadcasting and press regulation, heritage and architecture, libraries, and gambling regulation. He
42-432: A status shared by only 20,000 other structures in the country due to the unique nature of its 1960s architecture. 51°45′04″N 1°15′22″W / 51.7512°N 1.2561°W / 51.7512; -1.2561 Andrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey Andrew Robert McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey , PC (30 April 1933 – 27 August 2010) was a British Labour politician and last elected Principal of
56-628: A stepfather to her son from a prior marriage. McIntosh divided his time between a home in Highgate , London, and one in the Provence region of France. On 27 August 2010, he died from non-Hodgkin lymphoma at his home in Highgate, aged 77. He was cremated, and his ashes were buried at Highgate Cemetery . He served as a councillor in the London Borough of Haringey (1964–68). He represented Tottenham on
70-420: A unique quality absent from most 1960s developments. The quad itself is an 'L' shape, the rectangular nature being interrupted by the old college brewhouse. The staircases are of four storeys. Staircase four houses a seminar/break-out room and a lecture theatre. The quadrangle is accessed via a new (2007) route which leads from the path between Peckwater and Tom Quads behind Killcanon and brings you straight into
84-488: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Blue Boar Quadrangle The Blue Boar Quadrangle is a mid-century quadrangle within Christ Church , University of Oxford . Designed by Hidalgo Moya and Philip Powell , and built between 1965 and 1968, the quadrangle has been described by Lord McIntosh of Haringey as "one of the best buildings of its kind during
98-613: The Greater London Council (1973–83). When Labour won control of the GLC in 1981, McIntosh was leader of the Labour group. A centrist, McIntosh narrowly beat left-winger Ken Livingstone for the leadership. However, the day after Labour won a small majority, he was ousted and Livingstone voted leader of the Labour Group and of the GLC in his place by 30 to 20. He was raised to the peerage as
112-639: The Working Men's College . McIntosh was born at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead on 30 April 1933. He was educated at Haberdasher Aske's Hampstead School , the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe , Jesus College, Oxford and Ohio State University . In 1962, McIntosh married Naomi Sargant , an academic, and they were together until her death in 2006. They had two sons, and McIntosh became
126-493: The conversion of all rooms to modern en-suites. The quadrangle, which consists of 75 student rooms, 9 small teaching rooms, and 1 senior member set, in Christ Church, Oxford , hosts mainly first years during term time and interviewees and conference guests during the Christmas , Easter and Long Vacations. The accommodation consists of mostly medium-sized rooms with a desk, bed, fridge and window seat, with en-suite facilities. With
140-449: The expansion of higher education". Since 17 October 2006, the quadrangle has held the classification of being Grade II* listed , due to the unique nature of its 1960s architecture. The quadrangle is primarily used to house Christ Church's first year undergraduates. It is located just to the south of the historic Blue Boar Street , off St Aldate's , hence the name. Blue Boar underwent a substantial renovation from 2007 to 2008, resulting in
154-471: The large double-glazed windows, the rooms are light. Blue Boar Quadrangle was built on the site of an old car park and garages, next to the narrow, high-walled Blue Boar Street . The quadrangle was designed so that the top floor penthouses provide a broken, set-back series of horizontal planes that help to reduce the scale of the development seen from the street and is constructed almost entirely of characteristic Portland Whitbed and Roach Stone , which adds
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#1732852502304168-511: The middle of the Blue Boar Quad. This is for students only, but is repeatedly defied by tourists in an attempt to see Oxford students in their 'natural habitat'. The quadrangle has been described as "One of the best buildings of its kind during the expansion of higher education" by Lord McIntosh of Haringey , Minister for Culture, Media and Sport . The quadrangle has held the classification of Grade II* listed building since 17 October 2006,
182-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blue Boar . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Boar&oldid=1058666637 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
196-681: Was also spokesman in the House of Lords for HM Treasury from 1997 to 2005. In September 2005, he became a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe sitting as Chairman of the Assembly's Committee on Culture, Science and Education from January 2010 and chairman of its Sub-Committee on the Media from 2008 to 2009. Following the passing of a resolution on "Threats to the lives and freedom of expression of journalists" on 27 January 2007
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