St Catherines College, Brick Retaining Wall Running North South 2 Metres West of the Music Room, Between This and the Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. A C20 Retaining wall.

St Catherines College, Brick Retaining Wall Running North South 2 Metres West of the Music Room, Between This and the Bridge

WRENN ID
moated-pediment-sienna
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1993
Type
Retaining wall
OS grid reference
SP 522 065
Coordinates
51.75557, -1.2451
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The brick retaining wall at St Catherine's College was built between 1961 and 1966 and designed by Arne Jacobsen. It runs north to south, located 2 metres west of the Music Room and between this room and the bridge. The wall is constructed from narrow buff sandlime bricks, laid in a raking stretcher bond, and varies in height from approximately 1 to 2 metres. It features attached seats and a semicircular 'bastion' at the southern end. This wall is an integral part of the planned layout of St Catherine's College.

Local climate

St Catherines College, Brick Retaining Wall Running North South 2 Metres West of the Music Room, Between This and the Bridge 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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