Magdalen College, St Swithins Quadrangle is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Quadrangle.
Magdalen College, St Swithins Quadrangle
- WRENN ID
- graven-cellar-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- Quadrangle
- OS grid reference
- SP 520 062
- Coordinates
- 51.75238, -1.24807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Magdalen College, located in St Swithin's Quadrangle, was built between 1880 and 1884. The design was created by architects Bodley and Gayner. The structure is made from Taynton and Milton stone, featuring carved work in Ancaster stone.
Local climate
Magdalen College, St Swithins Quadrangle 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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- 1 Magdalen College, Screen Between the New School Room and the East Range of St Swithins Quadrangle
- 2 Christchurch, The Great Quadrangle (or Tom Quadrangle)
- 3 The Clock Tower
- 4 All Souls College, Front (Or South) Quadrangle, Including the Chapel and the South East Range on the High Street
- 5 University College, New Range, on the High Street to the West of the Main Quadrangle
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- Magdalen College, Screen Between the New School Room and the East Range of St Swithins Quadrangle
- Magdalen College, Wall Fronting the High Street Between Longwall Street and the College Entrance
- Magdalen College, The New School Room
- 62, High Street
- 63, High Street
- 64, High Street
- 65, High Street
- Magdalen College, Wall Between Front Wall on High Street and East Wing of St Swithins Quadrangle
- Magdalen Gate House
- Wall and Piers of Number 61