Exeter College, West Range, Main Quadrangle is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C17 College building. 2 related planning applications.
Exeter College, West Range, Main Quadrangle
- WRENN ID
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- 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 building
- Address
- Exeter College, West Range, Main Quadrangle, OX1 3DP
- OS grid reference
- SP 514 063
- Coordinates
- 51.75368, -1.25624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Exeter College's West Range in the Main Quadrangle dates back to 1485. The section north of the Turl Street gate was constructed in 1671 and refaced in Bath stone in 1833-1834. The adjacent range to the north was rebuilt in 1682 and also refaced in Bath stone during the same period. The Turl Street gatehouse and the southwest angle leading to the Hall were rebuilt between 1701 and 1703, partly funded by Narcissus Marsh, Archbishop of Dublin and Armagh. This section was refaced along with the rest of the West range in Bath stone by architect H. J. Underwood in 1833-1834.
Local climate
Exeter College, West Range, Main Quadrangle 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 — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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