Fountain in Entrance Courtyard to Radcliffe Infirmary is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Fountain. 4 related planning applications.

Fountain in Entrance Courtyard to Radcliffe Infirmary

WRENN ID
hallowed-lancet-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
Fountain
Address
Fountain in Entrance Courtyard to Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road
OS grid reference
SP 510 070
Coordinates
51.76025, -1.26197
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The fountain in the entrance courtyard to the Radcliffe Infirmary, located on the west side of Woodstock Road, is a 19th-century bronze copy of Bernini's Triton fountain from the Piazza Barberini. It is set in a circular stone basin. The Radcliffe Infirmary Buildings form a group value context.

Local climate

Fountain in Entrance Courtyard to Radcliffe Infirmary 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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