Oxford and Cambridge University Club is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. A 19th century Club.

Oxford and Cambridge University Club

WRENN ID
dusted-forge-hyssop
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1970
Type
Club
Period
19th century
Address
Oxford and Cambridge University Club, 71-76, Pall Mall Sw1, City of Westminster
OS grid reference
TQ 294 801
Coordinates
51.50555, -0.13645
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Oxford and Cambridge University Club is a gentlemen's club built between 1836 and 1837 by architects Sir Robert Smirke and his brother Sidney Smirke. It features a stucco exterior with a rusticated ground floor and channelled first floor, topped by a slate roof. This building is notable as the last club constructed in the Greek Revival style.

It has two storeys, a basement, and a dormered attic, with a façade that is seven windows wide. The central entrance is marked by a Corinthian portico with a flight of steps leading up to it. The ground floor showcases rustication that is shaped into semicircular arches above glazing bar sash windows, connected by an impost string. Above this, an enriched cornice is located beneath a stucco balcony supported by coupled decorated console-brackets, with cast iron balustrading in between.

On the first floor, the glazing bar sash windows are recessed and framed by pilaster jambs and entablatures, which are set in panels that extend upwards to feature figured reliefs in the antique style, designed by W. G. Nicholl based on designs by the architect's father, Robert Smirke. The main entablature includes an anthemion frieze, a dentil string, and a modillion cornice, topped with a balustraded parapet. The interior reflects the Greek Revival style, except for the staircase, which was ornately remodeled with marble facings by Reginald Blomfield between 1906 and 1912.

Local climate

Oxford and Cambridge University Club 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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