Merton College, Fellows Quadrangle is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C17 College.
Merton College, Fellows Quadrangle
- WRENN ID
- broken-terrace-gold
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- College
- OS grid reference
- SP 517 060
- Coordinates
- 51.75067, -1.25167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Merton College's Fellows Quadrangle was built between 1608 and 1610 using Headington stone, with John Acroyd of Halifax as the chief mason and Thomas Holt as the carpenter. Battlements were added in 1622. The south range features a significant centerpiece showcasing the four orders, while the west range includes a screen made in 1671, with panelling and a fireplace added in 1680. The quadrangle has undergone partial restoration, and the interiors feature some 18th-century panelling. The Kitchen and Buttery are located at the north end of the west range. There were alterations made between 1960 and 1962.
Local climate
Merton College, Fellows Quadrangle 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 All Souls College, Front (Or South) Quadrangle, Including the Chapel and the South East Range on the High Street
- 2 All Souls College, East and West Ranges of the North Quadrangle
- 3 Worcester College, South Range with Pump Quadrangle and Old Kitchen
- 4 Lincoln College, North, East and West Ranges, Front Quadrangle
- 5 Clare College, The Buildings Surrounding the Fore and Principal Courts
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Wall, West of Bastion 20
- Merton College, South Range Hall, Front Quadrangle
- Merton College, East Range, Mob Quadrangle
- Merton College, South Range Fitzjames Gateway, Front Quadrangle
- Merton College, South and West Ranges, Mob Quadrangle
- Merton College, Sacristy (To South East of Chapel)
- Merton College, Screen on South Side of St Albans Quadrangle
- Merton College, North Range, Mob Quadrangle
- Bastion 20
- Merton College, East Range, Front Quadrangle