Lady Margaret Hall, North and West Sides of Wolfson Quad Including Library, Rooms and Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. Academic building. 14 related planning applications.
Lady Margaret Hall, North and West Sides of Wolfson Quad Including Library, Rooms and Lodge
- WRENN ID
- proud-marble-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1993
- Type
- Academic building
- Address
- Lady Margaret Hall, North and West Sides of Wolfson Quad Including Library, Rooms and Lodge, Norham Gardens, OX2 6QA
- OS grid reference
- SP 515 076
- Coordinates
- 51.76498, -1.25418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lady Margaret Hall includes the north and west sides of Wolfson Quad, featuring the library, student rooms, and entrance lodge. Built between 1959 and 1961 by architect Raymond Erith, the structure is made of red brick with Portland stone and has pantiled roofs that are pitched to the eaves. It stands three to four storeys tall. The entrance elevation on the west side has few windows and features a central arched entrance set within a flat, simplified Portland stone portico topped with a pediment. Above this, there is a white-painted clock tower. The library is located in the adjoining north range, with student rooms. The upper floors of the library are marked by Diocletian windows at the top storey level, while the lower floors have square-headed windows. The ground floor displays arched windows that are treated as a blocked arcade. Inside, the library is a galleried space with Tuscan columns that separate the bays at the entrance level.
Local climate
Lady Margaret Hall, North and West Sides of Wolfson Quad Including Library, Rooms and Lodge 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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- Related listed building consents — 14 applications
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