The Indian Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Institute.
The Indian Institute
- WRENN ID
- scattered-gargoyle-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1972
- Type
- Institute
- Address
- The Indian Institute, Holywell Street
- OS grid reference
- SP 515 065
- Coordinates
- 51.75488, -1.25413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Indian Institute is a building constructed between 1883 and 1896 by architect Basil Champneys, designed in the Jacobean style. It is made of Milton stone with red brick at the rear and stands three storeys tall. The Catte Street facade features a five-window range, with ground floor windows that are four-light mullion and transom types, oriel windows on the first floor, and three-light mullioned windows on the second floor. The entrance porch is supported by unfluted Ionic columns, and there is a corner tower topped with a cupola. A parapet completes the design. The Holywell front is similar but has more varied window styles. The building holds a significant position as it closes the eastern vista along Broad Street. The Indian Institute is part of a group that includes Exeter College, The Sheldonian Theatre, and The Old Clarendon Building on Broad Street.
Local climate
The Indian Institute 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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