Editing Brasenose College, Oxford (section)

===Chapel and library===
{{main|Chapel of Brasenose College, Oxford}}
[[File:Photograph of New Quad, Brasenose College, Oxford in 1900.jpg|thumb|New Quad photographed by [[Henry Taunt]] in 1909 with the chapel at left.]]
Building began on the [[Chapel of Brasenose College, Oxford|current chapel]] in 1656, and it replaced an old chapel which was located in a space now occupied by the Senior Common Room. An inscription commemorates this above the door to Staircase IV. Building materials were taken from a disused chapel at the site of [[St Mary's College, Oxford|St Mary's College]] (now Frewin Hall), transported piece by piece by horse-and-cart to Brasenose College. The chapel, a mix of [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] and [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] styles, features a hanging fan vault ceiling of wood and plaster, and was consecrated in 1666.<ref name="JMCBook"/> The internal fittings are largely 18th and 19th century, and include chandeliers presented to the college in 1749. These were donated to a parish church and later converted to gas but then returned to Brasenose when the church switched to electric lights. The chandeliers were then converted back to their original state so that candles could be used in them once again.<ref name="BNC500booklet">Brasenose College 1509–2009: pamphlet viewed September 2010</ref>

Various alterations were made to the Chapel after completion. Although repairs were undertaken in the meantime, the interior of the Chapel was renovated (having fallen into a poor state) in 1819, and the exterior beginning in 1841. In 1892–3 a new organ was purchased and fitted, paid for by the then Principal [[Charles Buller Heberden]]; the current organ was installed in 1973, and rebuilt in 2001–2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/current-students/college-life/chapel/the-organ|title=The Organ – Brasenose College, Oxford|website=www.bnc.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2022-12-15}}</ref>

The current library was begun in 1658 and received its first books in 1664. It replaced a smaller library on Staircase IV, which is now used as a meeting room. The books in the current library were fixed by chains, which were only removed in the 1780s, over a hundred years later.<ref name="JMCBook"/>

In May 2018 author [[Philip Pullman]] opened the extensively renovated Greenland Library following a £4 million project to provide a better working space for students (architects - Lee/Fitzgerald). The library works were funded by three college alumni, Duncan Greenland, James Del Favero and Gerald Smith. Two reading rooms are named in honour of Del Favero and Smith respectively with the overall library taking Greenland's name<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/about-brasenose/news/1939-greenland-library|title=The Grand Opening of the Greenland Library: Saturday 5th May 2018 – Brasenose College, Oxford|website=www.bnc.ox.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> The renovations won an RIBA regional RIBA Conservation award in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-regional-awards/riba-south-award-winners/2019/greenland-library |title=Greenland Library by Lee/Fitzgerald Architects |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher=[[Royal Institute of British Architects]] |access-date=26 July 2021 |quote=}}</ref>