The University Printing House (The Clarendon Press) Oxford, England
Listed Building Data
The University Printing House (The Clarendon Press) has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1052359
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 12 January 1954
- Name
- THE UNIVERSITY PRINTING HOUSE (THE CLARENDON PRESS)
- Location
- THE UNIVERSITY PRINTING HOUSE (THE CLARENDON PRESS), WALTON STREET
- District
- Oxford
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Grid Reference
- SP 50858 06914
- Easting
- 450858.0000
- Northing
- 206914.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
WALTON STREET 1. 1485 (West Side) The University Printing House (The Claredon Press) SP 5006 NE 4/103 12.1.54. II* 2. Consists of 2 wings, North and South joined by a screen which has a central monumental entranceway, all in the Corinthian order. The front and South wing was begun in 1826 and finished in 1828 to the designs of Daniel Robertson. The North wing and West ranges were completed by 1830 under the direction of Edward Blore. There have since been alterations and additions. The original building is on a Headington stone plinth with Bath stone facing and dressings; the facing was repaired in 1935. The central screen is of 5 bays, the wings each of 3 bays. Casement windows. Handborough stone was used for parts of the interior. Alterations in recent years.
Listing NGR: SP5085806914
