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Figure 6. Model for the 1956-58 scheme looking south-southwestThe construction was accompanied by renovations in the original laboratories. In 1958 thestone benches along the walls of the teaching laboratory were removed, which allowed thework benches to be better spaced, allowing for more working spaces. 22The majority of alterations in the following two decades affected the 1939-40 and 1956-58buildings or the curtilage, rather than the listed phases along South Parks Road. Planningpermission was granted for a number of extensions and temporary buildings.In 1978 Jones retired and Jack Baldwin took up the Waynflete chair. He was to be the lastWaynflete professor associated with the Dyson Perrins Laboratory. Minor alterationsoccurred in the 1980s and the 1990s and planning permission was granted for a number ofprojects: an electrical substation and hazardous waste store in the curtilage in 1988; a makeupair supply unit and fume extract duct on one of the roofs in 1989; the lifting of the heightof the lift tower in 1993; the erection of three fume extract chimneys in 1993; the relocationof the existing fume outlet ducts on the northern block, and the erection of an additionalextract chimney on the southern block, and the erection of a safety guard rail in 1995.By the time the 1920-22 extension to the Dyson Perrins Laboratory was constructed, it couldbe called the ‘finest laboratory in the country.’ 23 Chemistry is a dynamic discipline withchanging needs, and whilst the building was initially well suited to its function, it struggled to22 Smith, op. cit., I.46.23 Ibid, I.34.The Dyson Perrins Laboratory, Oxford 21Conservation Plan, May 2012