Somerville College, Library is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Library.

Somerville College, Library

WRENN ID
winding-step-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Library
OS grid reference
SP 509 070
Coordinates
51.75945, -1.26293
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Somerville College Library, built in 1903 to the design of Basil Champneys, is located against the north boundary wall of the college. The library was extended in 1950.

Local climate

Somerville College, Library 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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