The Old Clarendon Building is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A 1711-13 Academic building. 5 related planning applications.

The Old Clarendon Building

WRENN ID
hallowed-rotunda-shade
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Academic building
Address
The Old Clarendon Building, Broad Street, OX1 3BA
OS grid reference
SP 515 064
Coordinates
51.7546, -1.25456
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Clarendon Building, located on Broad Street, was constructed between 1711 and 1713 using Headington free stone, with later patches and restorations in Clipsham stone completed in 1909. The architect Nicholas Hawksmoor received £100 in 1715, likely as a fee for his role as overseer of the project. The building's expenses were covered by the University, funded by the profits from Lord Clarendon's History of the Rebellion. The Old Clarendon Building is part of a group that includes Exeter College, The Old Ashmolean Building, The Sheldonian Theatre, and The Indian Institute on Catte Street.

Local climate

The Old Clarendon Building 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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