Abbot's Kitchen, Oxford Explained

The Abbot's Kitchen in Oxford, England, is an early chemistry laboratory based on the Abbot's Kitchen at Glastonbury Abbey, a mediaeval 14th-century octagonal building that served as the kitchen at the abbey.^[1]

History

Chemistry was first recognized as a separate discipline at Oxford University with the construction of this laboratory, attached to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and opening in 1860.^[2] The laboratory is a stone-built structure to the right of the museum, built in the Victorian Gothic 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.^[3] It is now part of the new graduate college of the University, Reuben College, which opened in 2023.

See also

• Abbot's Kitchen, Glastonbury, on which the laboratory building was based
• Balliol–Trinity Laboratories, another early Oxford chemistry laboratory
• Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
• List of octagonal buildings and structures

External links

• Web site: P8300885 Abbot's Kitchen Oxford Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory . James . Bashkin . 30 August 2006 . . 26 August 2015 .

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Notes and References

1. News: Glastonbury Abbey Photo: The Abbot's Kitchen . . 26 August 2015 .
2. Web site: History of Chemistry at the University of Oxford . . UK . 25 August 2015 .
3. Web site: The "Abbots Kitchen" by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History . Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford . UK . 26 August 2015 .