St Johns College, Wall of Forecourt in St Giles Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1968. Wall.

St Johns College, Wall of Forecourt in St Giles Street

WRENN ID
night-flint-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1968
Type
Wall
OS grid reference
SP 512 066
Coordinates
51.7561, -1.25928
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St John's College features a low rubble wall in the forecourt along St Giles' Street, dating from the 16th century. This wall is the only remaining example of a once common feature in the area, marking the enclosed forecourt of the college.

Local climate

St Johns College, Wall of Forecourt in St Giles 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 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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