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The press has had a long association with great buildings which are all available on my website!

 

Initially, Oxford University Press operated from the basement and rooftop of the Sheldonian Theatre until 1713, when printing activities moved to the purpose-built Clarendon Building on Broad Street[wikipedia +1]. The Clarendon Building, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and completed in 1715, provided an elegant neoclassical setting for the Press and is now a Grade I listed building frequently used for administrative purposes and meetings by the Bodleian Library.

 

Walton Street Headquarters

With the rising demand for printed Bibles and scholarly texts in the 19th century, the OUP Delegates purchased land in Jericho, Oxford and began construction of a new complex, which would be the current headquarters of Oxford University Press. The main building on Walton Street was designed by Daniel Robertson (with later work by Edward Blore), and constructed between 1826 and 1832.

 

Interesting facts...

Pioneering advances, such as steam presses (1834), stereo-printing (1860), and new electrotyping techniques, were developed at OUP, leading to the production of the unique India paper that was central to Oxford’s Bible publishing legacy

Architectural Illustration: Oxford University Press, Oxford.

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  • A3 on 300gsm paper

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