Convocation House

Convocation House is the lower floor of the 1634–1637 westward addition to the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library and in , .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Exeter College and Brasenose College.

University
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 , Bishop Walter Stapledon and Sir Richard Stapledon, as an institution to educate clergy, and has been located on Turl Street since 1315.

University
, formally The Principal and Scholars of the King's Hall and College of Brasenose in Oxford, or BNC, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in . is situated 370 feet south of Convocation House.

Library
Photo: Diliff, CC BY 2.5.
The is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in a Baroque style and built in 1737–49 to house the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxford and Grandpont.

is the oldest university city in the , some 50 miles to the west of the capital in its own county of , on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.

Quarter
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.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a historic suburb of the English city of . It consists of the streets bounded by the , , Walton Street and Walton Well Road.

Convocation House

Latitude
51.75395° or 51° 45′ 14″ north
Longitude
-1.25516° or 1° 15′ 19″ west
Levels
2
Open location code
9C3WQP3V+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 114575324
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data 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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Highlights include Jackson Library and Divinity School.

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