Merton College, Screen on Merton Street, Being the Gateway to Merton Grove is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Screen.

Merton College, Screen on Merton Street, Being the Gateway to Merton Grove

WRENN ID
crooked-rubblework-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
Screen
OS grid reference
SP 516 060
Coordinates
51.75116, -1.25303
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Merton College features a gateway on Merton Street that dates back to 1485. This early 20th-century structure includes a stone plinth wall topped with a wrought-iron screen. The gateway is adorned with wrought-iron gates and an overthrow.

Local climate

Merton College, Screen on Merton Street, Being the Gateway to Merton Grove 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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