88–89: Durham Building, University College
Named after William of Durham who endowed University College in 1249, the Durham Building was erected in about 1903 by Harry Wilkinson Moore. It is a Grade II listed building (ref. 1485/356E).
In 1904, despite opposition from the city council, a bridge was built across Logic Lane linking this section to the main body of the college to the west.
The Durham Buildings replaced the earlier University Hall which was given to University College in 1763 but had become very decrepit (see picture on English Heritage site).
The college appeared to have let out the old buildings on this site. in 1861 No. 88 was occupied by William Cattle (aged 77) and his wife, lodger, and three servants, and No. 89 was occupied by a French milliner and dressmaker, Mlle Florentine Duprez, and her apprentices and servants and undergraduate lodger.
Halford’s Livery Stables appear to have operated from Tarry’s Court behind.
It is not until 1869 do directories start to list Nos. 88 and 89 as being part of University College. At the time of the 1881 census, No. 88 was uninhabited. No. 89 was occupied by the college porter, John Wheeler, with his wife and two children. He is described as the head of the household, and living with him as "boarders" was the following disparate trio from University College: an undergraduate, a second college porter, and the lecturer in classics.