Clarendon Building
The Clarendon Building is an early 18th-century neoclassical building of the University of Oxford. It is in Broad Street, Oxford, England, next to the Bodleian Library and the Sheldonian Theatre and near the centre of the city.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building in Oxford, UK
- Also known as: “The Old Clarendon Building”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Exeter College and Hertford College.
Exeter College
University
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.
Hertford College
University
Hertford College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on Catte Street in the centre of Oxford, directly opposite the main gate to the Bodleian Library.
Sheldonian Theatre
Theater building
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 Jericho.
Oxford
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.Jericho
Suburb
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.
Clarendon Building
- Categories: university building, building, and tourism
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.75456° or 51° 45′ 16″ north
Longitude
-1.25456° or 1° 15′ 16″ west
Levels
2
Open location code
9C3WQP3W+R5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=university
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Clarendon Building” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “克拉伦登楼”
- Chinese: “克拉倫登樓”
- German: “Clarendon Building”
- Japanese: “クラレンドン・ビルディング”
- Swedish: “Clarendon Building”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Clarendon Quadrangle and New Buildings Quadrangle.
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