Merton College, North Range, Mob Quadrangle is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A 1336 College.

Merton College, North Range, Mob Quadrangle

WRENN ID
white-terrace-coral
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
51.75095, -1.25247
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Merton College's North Range in Mob Quadrangle was built possibly in 1336. The building features some windows from the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, as well as a staircase from the 17th century.

Local climate

Merton College, North Range, Mob 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.

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