Oriel College, East Range Oriel College, North Range is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Medieval College.
Oriel College, East Range Oriel College, North Range
- WRENN ID
- slow-baluster-elder
- 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
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Oriel College, East Range Oriel College, North Range, Front Quadrangle
- OS grid reference
- SP 516 061
- Coordinates
- 51.75154, -1.25347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oriel College consists of the North and East Ranges of the Front Quadrangle, built between 1637 and 1642. The Hall features a fireplace from 1778 and panelling added in 1911 by Comper. The Chapel contains glass created in 1767 by William Peckett and a gallery constructed in 1884 by T G Jackson. A new kitchen was added in 1920, and the Buttery retains panelling from 1710. The range in the North West corner, now the Provost's Lodging, was built either around 1620 or around 1637.
Local climate
Oriel College, East Range Oriel 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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