Keble College, North Quadrangle Keble College, The Front is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. College. 27 related planning applications.

Keble College, North Quadrangle Keble College, The Front

WRENN ID
second-rood-sedge
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
Address
Keble College, North Quadrangle Keble College, The Front, OX1 3PG
OS grid reference
SP 513 069
Coordinates
51.7587, -1.25793
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Keble College, established in 1485, features the North Quadrangle, also known as The Front. On the North side, there is the Chapel, which was expanded in 1892 with a small chapel added to the South, designed by J T Micklethwaite. The South side includes the Hall and Library, while the West side is occupied by the Liddon Buildings. The North Range has an extension on the West, built by Thomas Rayson in 1956, and an addition north of the Clock Tower completed in 1966. Both extensions are designed in the same architectural style.

Local climate

Keble College, North Quadrangle Keble College, The Front 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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