Magdalen College, Boundary Wall of the Grove is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C15 Boundary wall.
Magdalen College, Boundary Wall of the Grove
- WRENN ID
- lost-vault-wax
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- Boundary wall
- OS grid reference
- SP 519 065
- Coordinates
- 51.75516, -1.2481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Boundary Wall of the Grove at Magdalen College dates from the late 15th century. It is constructed of castellated stone and runs approximately 600 yards in length and stands about 12 feet high. The wall extends along the north and west sides of the Grove, starting from the corner of High Street and Longwall Street North, continuing to the north-west corner of the Grove, and then east to Holywell Ford.
Local climate
Magdalen College, Boundary Wall of the Grove 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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