Magdalen College, Range on the High Street is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Tudor College building.
Magdalen College, Range on the High Street
- WRENN ID
- swift-railing-spindle
- 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 building
- Period
- Tudor
- Address
- Magdalen College, Range on the High Street, OX1 4AU
- OS grid reference
- SP 520 061
- Coordinates
- 51.75177, -1.24697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Magdalen College features a range on the High Street that dates back to 1485. This building includes elements from the early 16th century and incorporates parts of St John's Hospital, along with remains of a 14th-century chapel. It was partly reconstructed between 1665 and 1666. At the eastern end, there is a bell tower built between 1492 and 1500, with short ranges to the east and west that were completed by 1509. An early 17th-century wing extends to the north at the eastern end, which now forms the east side of the Chaplain's Quadrangle. The building was partly refaced in synthetic stone in 1955, and the gatehouse was altered in 1957.
Local climate
Magdalen College, Range on the High 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Magdalen College, Chapel, Great Quadrangle
- Stone on the East Corner of Magdalen Tower, in the High Street
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- Magdalen College, Gateway West of Range on High Street
- The Main (Or Danby) Gateway in the Centre with Its Flanking Wall and 2 Doorways
- Wall Between Main Gate and Magdalen College Bursary
- Magdalen College, The Founders Tower, Great Quadrangle
- Magdalen College, Kitchen, Great Quadrangle
- Magdalen College, Wall Between Front Wall on High Street and East Wing of St Swithins Quadrangle