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. It was built between 1711 and 1715 and is now a Grade I listed building.
South elevation of Clarendon Building
West elevation of Clarendon Building
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation. It grew rapidly from 1167, when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge. The two English ancient universities share many common features and are jointly referred to as Oxbridge.
Aerial view of Merton College's Mob Quad, the oldest quadrangle of the university, constructed between 1288 and 1378
Balliol College, one of the university's oldest constituent colleges
An engraving of Christ Church, Oxford, 1742
Lady Margaret Hall, founded in 1878