St Johns College, Boundary Wall Fronting St Giles Street, Between the North Range and Cooks Building is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Boundary wall.

St Johns College, Boundary Wall Fronting St Giles Street, Between the North Range and Cooks Building

WRENN ID
hushed-foundation-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
Boundary wall
OS grid reference
SP 512 066
Coordinates
51.7565, -1.25919
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary wall of St John's College, dating from 1485, is located fronting St Giles' Street, situated between the North Range and Cook's Building. The wall has been rebuilt in the 18th century and is constructed of rubble, featuring triangular coping and chevaux-de-frises.

Local climate

St Johns College, Boundary Wall Fronting St Giles Street, Between the North Range and Cooks 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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