Clarendon Building, Broad Street, Oxford: framed view of the courtyard facade from the gated entrance to the Bodleian Library
Architect/Designer | Hawksmoor, Nicholas (1661-1736) |
Artist/Photographer | De Wolfe, Ivy |
Country | UK: England |
City | Oxford |
Subject Date | 1713 |
Image Date | 1962 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Classical Revival |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | 33721/7 (IDW B2/62) |
Orientation | Square |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | University buildings ; Entrances ; Gates ; Arches ; Pediments ; Printing works ; Columns ; Decorative ironwork |
NOTES: Erected for the University Press in 1711-1713 from the royalties of Lord Clarendon's 'History of the Great Rebellion', this building housed the press until 1832 and was more commonly known as the 'Printing House'. Latterly, it is occupied by the offices of the University Registrar and University Chest.
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