The Ashmolean Museum And The Taylor Institute

The Ashmolean Museum and the Taylor Institute is a Grade I listed building located at the corner of St Giles's Street and Beaumont Street. This combined structure, which includes No 41 Beaumont Street, was constructed between 1841 and 1845 based on Neo-Greek designs by Charles Robert Cockerell. It is built from Bath (Box Ground) stone on a plinth of Permian sandstone, featuring columns, pilasters, and entablatures made of Portland stone, along with decorative elements in terra-cotta. The Taylor Institution, which forms the east wing, was founded, built, and endowed by Sir Robert Taylor. The Ashmolean Museum, which comprises the central range and the west wing, has undergone several alterations and extensions in the years 1892-1895, 1900, 1908, 1923-1928, 1933, and 1937-1940. The most recent extension, completed in 1939-1940, added a new frontage on Beaumont Street, constructed with Clipsham stone for the rusticated ground floor and Bath (Monks Park) stone for the upper storeys, designed by E. Stanley Hall.