Exeter College, Chapel on North Side of Quadrangle, Main Quadrangle is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Chapel.

Exeter College, Chapel on North Side of Quadrangle, Main Quadrangle

WRENN ID
last-minaret-ebony
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Chapel
OS grid reference
SP 514 064
Coordinates
51.75395, -1.25612
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The chapel at Exeter College, located on the north side of the main quadrangle, was built between 1856 and 1859 by the architect George Gilbert Scott. This structure is constructed from Bath stone and is situated on the site of Hakewell's chapel from 1624 and the former Rector's house.

Local climate

Exeter College, Chapel on North Side of Quadrangle, 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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