Wadham College, East Garden Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Medieval Garden wall.

Wadham College, East Garden Wall

WRENN ID
pale-thatch-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Garden wall
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
SP 516 066
Coordinates
51.75651, -1.25362
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wadham College's east garden wall dates back to 1485 and is located on the east side of the Fellows' Garden. It was constructed in 1685 at the expense of Robert Smith, who was the Mayor of Wells. The wall is built of rubble.

Local climate

Wadham College, East Garden Wall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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