CONTEXT 180 : JUNE 2024 3 A comprehensive refurbishment of Exeter College Library at the University of Oxford, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and built in 1857, has been carried out by Nex and Donald Insall Associates. The Grade II-listed library sits next to the 17th-century walls of Convocation House, the Grade I-listed historic court room of the Bodleian Library, separated only by a sliver of ground between buttresses. (Photos: Will Pryce) Selsey Pavilion, a 1913 art-deco theatre hall in the seaside town of Selsey, West Sussex, has been taken into ownership by the Selsey Pavilion Trust, prior to restoration. Artworks and other heritage building material are to be conserved as part of the redevelopment of the Grade II-listed former Queensgate Market building in Huddersfield. The metal relief sculpture called Commerce, by Fritz Steller (1941–2015), featuring semi-abstract figures representing agriculture, trade and products, will be cleaned before being packed away, in the hope of later re-use. Cliveden Conservation is the specialist subcontractor on Kirklees Council’s Our Cultural Heart project. The City of London Corporation has launched a retrofit toolkit (supported by Purcell), seeking to empower owners of heritage buildings to initiate the adaptations necessary to reduce carbon emissions and build climate resilience. Pictured here is Mansion House, official residence of the Lord Mayor of London, designed by George Dance, and built between 1739 and 1752.
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