Editing Clarendon Building

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The '''Clarendon Building''' is an early 18th-century [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] building of the [[University of Oxford]]. It is in [[Broad Street, Oxford|Broad Street]], [[Oxford]], England, next to the [[Bodleian Library]] and the [[Sheldonian Theatre]] and near the centre of the city. It was built between 1711 and 1715 and is now a [[Listed building#Categories of listed building|Grade I listed building]].<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1185456 |desc=The Old Clarendon Building |accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref>

==History==
Until the early 18th century, the printing presses of the [[Oxford University Press]] (OUP) were in the basement of the [[Sheldonian Theatre]]. This meant that the compositors could not work when the Theatre was in use for ceremonies. Therefore, the University commissioned a new building to house the OUP.

[[Nicholas Hawksmoor]] produced a neoclassical design, construction started in 1711 and it was completed in 1715. The builder and sculptor was [[William Townesend]] of [[Oxford]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851 | first=Rupert | last=Gunnis | page=399 }}</ref>

The building was funded largely from the proceeds of the commercially successful ''[[The History of the Rebellion|History of the Great Rebellion]]'' by the [[Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon|1st Earl of Clarendon]], whose legacy later paid for the building of the [[Clarendon Laboratory]] in Oxford as well.

In the 1820s, the OUP moved to new premises in [[Walton Street, Oxford|Walton Street]], after which the University used the Clarendon Building for administrative purposes. In 1975, the building was transferred to the [[Bodleian Library]], for which it now provides office and meeting space for senior members of staff.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Stephanie |url=http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/broad/buildings/south/clarendon.htm |title=Clarendon Building |work=Broad Street, Oxford |date=1 April 2012 |access-date=10 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223200118/http://www.headington.org.uk/oxon/broad/buildings/south/clarendon.htm |archive-date=23 February 2007 }}</ref>

===Student occupation===
On 22 January 2009, student demonstrators occupied part of the Clarendon Building for seven hours,<ref name=bbc>{{cite news| title=Gaza sit-in demonstration ended |date=22 January 2009 | work=[[BBC News]] | publisher=[[BBC]] | location=UK | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/7844890.stm | access-date=22 January 2009}}</ref> following similar protests at other UK universities.<ref>{{cite news |first=Anthea |last=Lipsett |title=Protests over Gaza spread to eight English universities |date=22 January 2009 |work=[[guardian.co.uk]] |url= https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/jan/22/studentpolitics-londonschoolofeconomics |access-date=22 January 2009}}</ref> The demonstrators called for the University to condemn Israel's role in the [[2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict]] and to cancel a lecture series at [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]] inaugurated by [[Shimon Peres]].<ref name=bbc/> The protestors ended their protest after an agreement with the [[Proctor#Oxford University|Senior Proctor]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Statement by the Senior Proctor concerning the occupation of the Clarendon Building |date=28 January 2009 | url=http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/proctors/statement280109.shtml | access-date=29 January 2008 | work=University Administration and Services |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] | url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090725084001/http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/proctors/statement280109.shtml |archive-date=July 25, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hood |first=John |author-link=John Hood (university administrator) |title=Letter from the Vice-Chancellor |date=28 January 2009 |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/vicechancellors_office/letter280109.html |access-date=29 January 2008 |work=Vice-Chancellor's Office |publisher=[[University of Oxford]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090705024643/http://www.ox.ac.uk/vicechancellors_office/letter280109.html |archive-date=July 5, 2009 }}</ref>

==References==
[[File:Oxford - Bodleian Library - entrance building.JPG|thumb|West elevation of Clarendon Building]]
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last1=Sherwood |first1=Jennifer |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |year=1974 |title=Oxfordshire |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-071045-0 |pages=256–257 }}
*{{Cite book |last=Tyack |first=Geoffrey |title=Oxford An Architectural Guide |date=1998 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |place=Oxford & New York |isbn=0-19-817423-3 |pages=150–152}}

==External links==
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*{{cite web |url= http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/england/oxford/hawksmoor/clarendon.html |last=Sullivan |first=Mary Ann |title=Clarendon Building |work=Oxford, England |publisher=[[Bluffton University]]}}
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[[Category:1715 establishments in England]]
[[Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1715]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures of the University of Oxford]]
[[Category:Grade I listed buildings in Oxford]]
[[Category:Grade I listed industrial buildings]]
[[Category:Grade I listed library buildings]]
[[Category:Nicholas Hawksmoor buildings]]
[[Category:Oxford University Press]]
[[Category:Bodleian Library]]