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8-9 SEPT Welcome from OPT 8-9 SEPT Welcome from OPT Welcome Welcome... From the OPT Team ... Page 3 – A message from the OPT Team Page 14 – Friday 7 Sept Page 5 – Highlights - Extraordinary People Pages 16, 23, & 42 – OPT – what we do Oxford Open Doors 2018 is here. We’ve put together a packed Page 6 – OPT venues Page 17 – Saturday 8 Sept programme for you to enjoy, and with this year’s Page 7 – OPT member events Pages 24, 25 & 26 – Family Trail Page 9 – Highlights – Family Fun Page 35 – Sunday 9 Sept theme of Oxford and its Pages 10 & 11 – Oxford Brookes University Pages 46 & 47 – Map information ‘extraordinary people’ Page 13 – Thursday 6 Sept " there’s lots to share. Red – OPT venues, FF – Family friendly, R – Refreshments available, D – Disabled access, (D) – Partial disabled access We look forward to For more specific information on disabled access please contact OPT or the venue. seeing you over the * All activities listed are free of charge (there may be charges for refreshments and weekend. other activities not listed here). * Venues are listed alphabetically by day and on Sat/Sun are divided into Morning, Afternoon or All Day with Walks listed separately. Oxford Preservation Trust run Oxford Open Doors * Venues are listed with street name and postcode. A location map of all venues is available in partnership with Oxford University on our website. * Information is available from the OPT Hub in Cornmarket across the weekend. " “The University is widely accessible throughout the Booking... year, but we welcome the opportunity Oxford Open * Some activities must be pre-booked. Bookings open at 12 noon on 21 August, via our Doors provides to open more of our buildings, grounds website www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk or as indicated. and collections to new visitors. We look forward to * Check for changes & new additions at www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk to help you plan welcoming you to the University to learn more about your weekend. our institution and its people.” * Members of the public take part in Oxford Open Doors at their own risk. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Professor Louise Richardson, For further information call 01865 242918 or email Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford [email protected] Keep up to date - follow us on Facebook and Twitter With special thanks to: The Gresswell Environment Trust Photography & Copyright: Old Fire Station, Bodleian Libraries, John Cairns, Ian Wallman, Mark Bassett, The Oxford Artisan Distillery, Mansfield College, Magdalen College, Oxford Bus Museum, Oxford University Press, Bodleian Law Library, Department of Chemistry, St Mary’s Church Iffley, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Harris Manchester College, Pitt Rivers Museum, Cohen Quad (Exeter College), University of Oxford, Christ Church and The Queen's College. Graphic Design: Sophie Durand Printed by Holywell Press, Oxford THE WESTON LIBRARY www.heritageopendays 2 2 3 3 Highlights Proud supporters of Extraordinary People!! Start your weekend by visiting us with their exhibition ‘The Road Behind, Oxford Open Doors 2018 The Road Ahead’ – not to be missed! at the OPT Hub in Cornmarket for all you need to know. THE LIST IS ENDLESS... so for more Mathews Comfort insurance brokers and n Museums details check individual listings Ecclesiastical Insurance are delighted to n Galleries There can’t be a place in Oxford that and keep up to date by visiting support this event showcasing the beautiful does not have a connection with n Libraries www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk buildings of Oxford. Together, we provide someone ‘Extraordinary’! n Educational establishments to finish the weekend off, join us at expertise and service excellence to meet the On Saturday visit the Weston Library insurance needs of exceptional properties. n Historical and contemporary 4pm on Sunday for a concert with buildings to discover Tolkien with an exhibition and activities throughout the day or the Pavlova Wind Quintet at the visit The Kilns, the former home of Sheldonian Theatre. C S Lewis. At the Museum of the History of Don't Miss the University of Oxford Science see displays of remarkable Community Fair at Somerville College women in science and go behind the on Saturday!! scenes at the New Theatre to discover celebrities who have trodden the boards. Across the weekend don’t miss The Painted Room visited by Shakespeare and once the office of Sir John Betjeman, and learn more of Kings and Queens at Oxford Castle & Prison and the colourful characters who were imprisoned within its walls. To find out how Mathews Comfort and For displays and exhibitions Ecclesiastical can help please call celebrating the famous and Mathews Comfort on 01865 208000. well-known visit any of www.mathewscomfort.com the Colleges and Halls and don’t miss the Cloisters at www.ecclesiastical.com New College featured in Harry Potter. Ecclesiastical Insurance Office plc (EIO) Reg. No.24869 is registered in England at Beaufort House, Brunswick Road, Gloucester, Discover Oxfordshire GL11JZ, UK and is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. women at the Old Fire Mathews Comfort & Co Ltd are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Authorisation number 307605. Station on Saturday Registered address: Clarendon House, 52 Cornmarket Street, Oxford, OX1 3HJ. 4 www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk 55 OPT Member only events Friday 7 Sept OPT out and about Oxford Preservation Trust The RIBA Lecture, Mansfield OPT College, Mansfield Road, Members Only Events OX1 3TF – 4.30pm ‘Inside over the weekend Out, Outside In’ – Stuart Oxford Castle & Prison is open throughout the weekend Cade, Director at MICA *free of charge Saturday & Sunday (see pages 29 & 40). Monday 3 Sept (formerly Rick Mather Visit us at the OPT Hub in Cornmarket, a stones The Painted Rooms, 3 Cornmarket & 118 Architects) will talk about *throw from Carfax. High Street – 2.30pm See not one but two rare their work across Oxford. Take in the (open Saturday and Sunday Elizabethan wall paintings. Painted Room Please book via the website, 10am to 4pm (see page 30 & 40) and be the first to see the Tuesday 4 Sept *medieval wall paintings with panelling removed. email OPT Awards Winners Tour (2017) – 2pm A info@oxfordpreservation. unique chance to see some amazing Oxford The LMS Swingbridge, Rewley Road opens org.uk or call 01865 242918. *(Saturday 1 - 3pm see page 18 & walk Sat 11am & buildings with Architect John Stevenson. Sun 2pm pages 34 & 41) hear about the last chance Nuneham Park, Nuneham Courtenay, OX44 MANSFIELD COLLEGE to save Oxford’s industrial heritage. 9PG – 6pm A rare chance to visit the Carfax Enjoy our newly restored 17th Century cottages at Conduit, and see the gardens and church. *8-10 Turn Again Lane, just behind the Westgate. Wednesday 5 Sept open Sat 11am Jesus College, Turl Street, OX1 3DW – 2pm A Iffley Glebe Field, Church Way, OX4 4EJ 90 YEARS OF *- 4.30pm (see page 32 for details of this and other special tour with Archivist, Robin Darwall-Smith. Iffley places). Gin tasting, 10 Turn Again Lane, OX1 1QL – 6.30pm See the newly restored exterior of the OPT office and enjoy some gin courtesy of TOAD, The Oxford Artisan Distillery. Thursday 6 Sept Open Top Bus Tour – 10.30am Join City Sightseeing Oxford for a tour of our glorious city. New College, New College Lane, OX1 3BN – 2.30pm Tour this magnificent College, including rare items from the collections. COME GIN TASTING AND SEE Become a member and enjoy these exclusive events US! www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk 6 6 www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk 77 Family and HighlightsFamily parsonage grill Some fun for the family Follow the Family Trail to discover an ‘Extraordinary Person’ – see page 24 for more… Great picnic places * Christ Church Meadows, St Aldates * Iffley Glebe Field * Oxford Castle Quarter (the Exercise Yard) * South Parks, Headington OPEN ALL DAY EVERY DAY BREAKFAST SET LUNCH * University Parks, South Parks Road AFTERNOON TEA COCKTAILS SUPPER www.parsonagegrill.co.uk A few faVOURItes! Tour Oxford Castle & Prison, scale the Mound and meet the *Archaeologists - Sat & Sun Oxford’s neighbourhood restaurant & bar Discover Tolkien at the Weston Library with fun *activities - Sat Meet the firemen at Rewley Road Fire Station - Sat & Sun *Enjoy a vintage bus ride around the city - Sat *Visit Christ Church on Sat and enjoy Magdalen College *on Sun Open all day every day from brunch until late. Weekday express lunch 2 courses £13.95 Check out the venue listings and our website for more details and look out for FF for Family Friendly venues. www.gees-restaurant.co.uk 8 www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk9 99 OPEN DOORS 9 September 2018, 10.00am – 5.00pm Headington Campus Join us on Sunday 9 September to learn more about our history and tour our award-winning buildings. This year we’ll be showcasing the redeveloped Clerici building, the latest phase in our estates investment programme. See the Sir Kenneth Wheare Hall, a new, flexible teaching and event space named in honour of this key figure in the University’s history, alongside the impressive and modernised former campus main reception. Our campuses are open to the public all year round and you can visit our cafes for coffee or to have lunch. We hope to see you soon! 10 11 Thursday Thursday welcomes you to 6 SEPT Oxford Open Doors 2018 Osney Mill, Mill Street, OX2 0AN – 11am Tour Visit the restored mill and We are Oxford’s leading law firm experienced in dealing with marina, the remains of Osney Abbey built in 1410 and the Archimedes a wide range of commercial and personal matters for clients Screw that powers the site. Advanced throughout Oxfordshire.
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