Worcester College, North Range is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. College.
Worcester College, North Range
- WRENN ID
- muffled-obsidian-dust
- 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 509 065
- Coordinates
- 51.75512, -1.26391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Worcester College's North Range is a Grade I listed building that features a range of 15th-century camerae, which have been converted into a Senior Common Room and other rooms. The eastern section, spanning eight windows and located to the east of the central pediment, was constructed between 1753 and 1759 under the design of Dr. George Clarke, with Headington stone used for the build and John Townesend as the mason. Townesend appears to have designed the north elevation, as Clarke did not leave a design for this part. The central pedimented section, consisting of three windows, along with the western part of eight windows and the Provost's Lodging further west, was built from 1773 to 1776 according to the design of Henry Keene. An attic floor was added to the north range in 1926, and there were major alterations made in 1966.
Local climate
Worcester College, North Range 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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