Add to ORKGSide view along the west elevation; The college was originally founded as Hart Hall in 1282 by Elias de Hertford. In medieval Oxford, halls were primarily lodging houses for students and resident tutors, and thus did not have the same status as fully fledged colleges. The Hall became Hertford College in 1740. The main college consists of three quadrangles: Old Quadrangle, New Quadrangle, and Holywell Quadrangle whose buildings date from the 15th to the late 20th centuries. The majority of the architecture, however, dates from the late 19th or early 20th centuries and is due to Sir Thomas Jackson whose designs include the Hertford Bridge which links Old and New Quads. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/15/2...