All Souls College, Front (Or South) Quadrangle, Including the Chapel and the South East Range on the High Street is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Medieval College.
All Souls College, Front (Or South) Quadrangle, Including the Chapel and the South East Range on the High Street
- WRENN ID
- young-corbel-fern
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- College
- Period
- Medieval
- OS grid reference
- SP 516 063
- Coordinates
- 51.75306, -1.25334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
All Souls College, established in 1485, features a front or south quadrangle that includes the chapel and the south-east range on the High Street. The east, south, and west sides of the quadrangle date back to around 1440, with the chapel completed in 1442. These sections are constructed from Headington stone with Taynton stone dressings, with masons Richard Chevynton and Robert Jannys credited for their work. The south-east range was built in 1553 by John Warner, who served as Warden from 1536 to 1555, and was completed by Robert Hovenden, Warden from 1571 to 1614. This range was refaced in 1827, and its interior features 16th and 17th century overmantels and 17th century panelling. The High Street front of the south quadrangle was also refaced in 1827, with the figures of the founder and co-founder and the carving over the south gatehouse renewed in 1940. Additionally, the west elevation on Catte Street was refaced in Bath stone around 1850.
Local climate
All Souls College, Front (Or South) Quadrangle, Including the Chapel and the South East Range on the High Street 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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