School of Geography is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. School. 5 related planning applications.
School of Geography
- WRENN ID
- ruined-pedestal-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1972
- Type
- School
- Address
- School of Geography, Mansfield Road, OX1 3TB
- OS grid reference
- SP 517 066
- Coordinates
- 51.75575, -1.25132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The School of Geography, located on Mansfield Road, is a late 19th-century building designed by Jackson in the Elizabethan style. It is constructed of ashlar and features two storeys with attics. The façade includes two and three-light mullion and transom windows, along with two two-storeyed bays. A projecting two-storey porch is situated at the front of the building. The roof is gabled and tiled, adorned with moulded copings. There is a recent extension at the rear.
Local climate
School of Geography 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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