St Johns College, Cooks Building is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Medieval College building.

St Johns College, Cooks Building

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
Period
Medieval
Address
St Johns College, Cooks Building, North Quadrangle
OS grid reference
SP 512 066
Coordinates
51.75642, -1.25905
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St John's College, Cook's Building, dates back to 1485 and is located in the North Quadrangle. The Kitchen, which extends north along the street front, was added around 1555 and retains some 15th-century work. It was enlarged in 1612 and rebuilt between 1642 and 1643 by the mason John Jackson. Inside, the first floor features some early 17th-century and 18th-century panelling.

Local climate

St Johns College, Cooks Building 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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