The Ellison Institute of Technology, which is opening a campus in Oxford, buys the historic building.
An Oxford pub that was frequented by authors CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien has been bought by a research institution building a campus in the city.
The Ellison Institute of Technology , founded by US tech billionaire Larry Ellison, said it had bought the Eagle and Child, which shut in 2020. The pub in St Giles' dates back to 1650 and has a plaque inside commemorating the writers' get-togethers.Known as The Inklings, Tolkien and Lewis would regularly meet with other academics at the Grade II listed pub, which was previously owned by St John's College.EIT said the designs for the pub would be led by architect Norman Foster and his team at Foster and Partners, who are also the architects behind the new campus.
The company's founding director and CEO, Dr David Agus, said: "The Eagle and Child pub is a truly historic venue that has hosted some of the greatest minds Oxford has had to offer for over 300 years. "We are humbled and proud to be able to safeguard this treasured pub's future and continue its legacy as a place for brilliant people to come together, including for our Ellison scholars."
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