Nuffield College is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. Graduate college. 15 related planning applications.

Nuffield College

WRENN ID
veiled-mullion-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1993
Type
Graduate college
Address
Nuffield College, New Road, OX1 1NF
OS grid reference
SP 509 062
Coordinates
51.75285, -1.2626
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nuffield College is a graduate college located on Oxford New Road in Oxford, Oxfordshire. It was built between 1949 and 1960 and designed by the architects Harrison, Barnes, and Hubbard. The college features a limestone exterior with a stone slate roof and includes a tower topped with a copper spire. The building has two storeys plus dormers and consists of two linked rectangular courts, with the entrance located on the south side of the east court. The architectural style is a simplified version of Cotswold domestic design, characterized by square-headed stone-mullioned windows and two-light dormers. The square tower at the southeast corner contains the library's book stock and is crowned by the copper spire. Additionally, the chapel located in the south range features stained glass by artists John Piper and Patrick Reyntiens.

Local climate

Nuffield College 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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