Buildings
The Cistercian house Rewley Abbey, founded in 1280, was located north of Hythe Bridge Street on the banks of one of the branches of the River Thames. Virtually all the original buildings have disappeared, but there is still a 15th century doorway in a wall on the west side of the Oxford Canal, within a housing development.
Beaver House was erected in 1971–72, designed by the Oxford Architects Partnership. It is clad in reeded concrete with a glass curtain wall facing Hythe Bridge Street.
The Gloucester Green area beyond the eastern end of Hythe Bridge Street was redeveloped in 1987–90, with buildings clad in red brick, with patterns in different colours. Three domed turrets can be seen along Hythe Bridge Street, which have been described as "Disney-like".
The architectural partnership of Maguire and Murray designed the Linbury Building in Worcester College, completed in 1991. Its pyramid-roofed turrets can be seen over a stone wall on the north side of Hythe Bridge Street at the eastern end.
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