Oxford Circus Underground Station entrance on north-west corner of Argyll Street and Oxford Street is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 2011. Underground station. 2 related planning applications.

Oxford Circus Underground Station entrance on north-west corner of Argyll Street and Oxford Street

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 July 2011
Type
Underground station
Address
Oxford Circus Underground Station entrance on north-west corner of Argyll Street and Oxford Street, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 290 812
Coordinates
51.51517, -0.1414
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Oxford Circus Underground Station entrance, located on the north-west corner of Argyll Street and Oxford Street, is a two-storey building featuring a steel frame clad in brick, faced with ox-blood red faience produced by the Leeds Fireclay Company Limited.

The building stands prominently at a corner site with two symmetrical elevations. The north elevation facing Oxford Street has two main pilastered bays and a central half bay. The station entrance is situated in the right-hand bay, while the half-bay features a doorway topped with a segmental pediment that leads to the offices above. The longer east elevation along Argyll Street consists of two paired bays flanked by half-bays; the left-hand half-bay was originally the station exit and is now a restaurant, flanked by a narrower bay. The bays on either side of the angle were let as shops from the beginning and now have modern shop fronts.

The lower frieze on Argyll Street displays the station name in raised gilded lettering, while the frieze on Oxford Street was restored in 1994. Above the frieze, set into the corner, is a cartouche bearing the UER monogram, which is the only intact example remaining. The upper storey features timber Diocletian windows set in keyed semi-circular arches adorned with egg-and-dart decoration, along with a cartouche positioned between the springers of the paired bays. Each half-bay includes an oeil-de-boeuf window, although the upper frieze lettering has been removed.

The interior has experienced several phases of modernization and is not considered to be of special interest.

Local climate

Oxford Circus Underground Station entrance on north-west corner of Argyll Street and Oxford Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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