Convocation House
Convocation House is the lower floor of the 1634–1637 westward addition to the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library and Divinity School in Oxford, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Exeter College and Brasenose College.
Exeter College
University
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Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, and the fourth-oldest college of the university. The college was founded in 1314 by two brothers from Devon, Bishop Walter Stapledon and Sir Richard Stapledon, as an institution to educate clergy, and has been located on Turl Street since 1315.
Brasenose College
University
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Brasenose College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. Brasenose College is situated 370 feet south of Convocation House.
Sheldonian Theatre
Theater building
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The Sheldonian Theatre, in the centre of Oxford, England, was built from 1664 to 1669 after a design by Christopher Wren for the University of Oxford. The building is named after Gilbert Sheldon, Warden of All Souls College and later chancellor of the university.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxford and Grandpont.
Oxford
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Oxford is the oldest university city in the United Kingdom, some 50 miles to the west of the capital London in its own county of Oxfordshire, on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.
Grandpont
Quarter
Grandpont is a mainly residential area in south Oxford, England. It is west of Abingdon Road, and consists mainly of narrow streets that run at right angles to the main road, with terraced late-Victorian and Edwardian houses.
Jericho
Suburb
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Jericho is a historic suburb of the English city of Oxford. It consists of the streets bounded by the Oxford Canal, Worcester College, Walton Street and Walton Well Road.
Convocation House
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building in Oxford, England
- Categories: building, tourism, and university building
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.75395° or 51° 45′ 14″ northLongitude
-1.25516° or 1° 15′ 19″ westLevels
2Open location code
9C3WQP3V+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 114575324OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q5166597
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In Other Languages
“Convocation House” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “コンヴォケイション・ハウス”
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