Walling, Railings at Sheldonian Theatre and Ornamental Piers Fronting Broad Street is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. A Medieval Wall/screen.
Walling, Railings at Sheldonian Theatre and Ornamental Piers Fronting Broad Street
- WRENN ID
- plain-sentry-fern
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1972
- Type
- Wall/screen
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SP 515 064
- Coordinates
- 51.75455, -1.25507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walling, railings at the Sheldonian Theatre, and ornamental piers fronting Broad Street date from the 18th century and are part of a significant architectural group. The structure features an ashlar plinth and piers, along with wrought iron railings. Statues on the north exterior front facing Broad Street were replaced in 1868 with Milton Stone, and the steps were redesigned in 1949. The screen, particularly the 'Caesars', is currently undergoing restoration as of 1971. This site is grouped with Exeter College, The Old Ashmolean Building, The Sheldonian Theatre, and The Old Clarendon Building, along with The Indian Institute on Catte Street.
Local climate
Walling, Railings at Sheldonian Theatre and Ornamental Piers Fronting Broad Street 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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