Editing Oxfordshire (section)

==Buildings==
[[File:Oxonium Buckinghamia Berceria Atals.jpg|thumb|250px|Hand-drawn map of Oxford, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire by [[Christopher Saxton]] from 1576.]]

The "dreaming spires" of the University of Oxford are among the reasons for which Oxford is the sixth most visited city in the United Kingdom by international visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decC/Economic_statistics_occw.htm|title=Economic Statistics|publisher=Oxford City Council|access-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217215028/http://www.oxford.gov.uk/PageRender/decC/Economic_statistics_occw.htm|archive-date=17 December 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Among many notable University buildings are the [[Sheldonian Theatre]], built 1664–68 to the design of [[Sir Christopher Wren]], and the [[Radcliffe Camera]], built 1737–49 to the design of [[James Gibbs]].

[[Blenheim Palace]], close to [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire|Woodstock]], was designed and partly built by the architect [[John Vanbrugh]] for [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], after he had won the [[battle of Blenheim]]. The gardens, which can be visited, were designed by the landscape gardener [[Lancelot "Capability" Brown|"Capability" Brown]], who planted the trees in the battle formation of the victorious army. Sir [[Winston Churchill]] was born in the palace in 1874. It is open to the public.

[[Chastleton House]], on the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire borders, is a great [[English country house|country mansion]] built on property bought from [[Robert Catesby]], who was one of the men involved in the [[Gunpowder Plot]] with [[Guy Fawkes]]. [[Stonor Park]], another country mansion, has belonged to the [[Recusancy|recusant]] Stonor family for centuries.

[[Mapledurham House]] is an [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] stately home in the south-east of the county, close to [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]].

[[The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay|The Abbey]] in [[Sutton Courtenay]] is a medieval [[courtyard house]]. It has been recognised by the [[Historic buildings council|Historic Building Council for England]] (now [[Historic England]]) as a building of outstanding historic and [[architecture|architectural]] interest.<ref name=abbeyarchives>The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay archives.</ref> It is considered to be a 'textbook' example of the English medieval [[manor house]]{{sfn |Currie |1992 |p=225}} and is a [[listed building#Grade I|Grade I-listed]] building.<ref name=listed>{{NHLE|num=1052729|desc=The Abbey|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref>