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The Abbot's Kitchen in Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
, England, is an early chemistry laboratory based on the Abbot's Kitchen at Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction.
The abbey was founded in the 8th century and enlarged in the 10th. It w ...
, a mediaeval 14th-century octagonal building that served as the kitchen
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at the abbey
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The con ...
.
History
Chemistry was first recognized as a separate discipline atOxford University
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to th ...
with the construction of this laboratory, attached to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum or OUMNH, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It a ...
, and opening in 1860. The laboratory is a stone-built structure to the right of the museum, built in the Victorian Gothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
style. The building was one of the first ever purpose-built chemical laboratories anywhere and was extended in 1878. A further major extension adding three wings was completed in 1957. It is still a part of the Department of Chemistry. The ground floor is used as a training room by the Radcliffe Science Library.
In December 2018 it was announced that the building would be used as part of a new graduate college of the University, Reuben College, opening in 2021.
Gallery
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum or OUMNH, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It a ...
(left) and the Abbot's Kitchen chemistry laboratory (right)
File:University Museum, Oxford; proposed sketch. Wood engraving b Wellcome V0014197.jpg, Wood engraving of the Oxford University Museum with the smaller octagonal Abbot's Kitchen building on the right, by W. E. Hodgkin (1855)
File:Radcliffesciencelibrary.jpg, The Radcliffe Science Library with the Abbot's Kitchen on the left
See also
* Abbot's Kitchen, Glastonbury, on which the laboratory building was based *Balliol-Trinity Laboratories
The Balliol-Trinity Laboratories in Oxford, England, was an early chemistry laboratory at the University of Oxford.
The laboratory was located between Balliol College and Trinity College, hence the name. It was especially known for physical chem ...
, another early Oxford chemistry laboratory
* Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
* List of octagonal buildings and structures
Octagon buildings and structures are characterized by an octagonal plan form, whether a perfect geometric octagon or a regular eight-sided polygon with approximately equal sides.
The oldest known octagon-shaped building is the Tower of the Wi ...
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