Oxford Area Arts Council is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Arts council building (formerly church).

Oxford Area Arts Council

WRENN ID
waiting-quartz-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Arts council building (formerly church)
Address
Oxford Area Arts Council, Walton Street
OS grid reference
SP 508 070
Coordinates
51.7595, -1.26475
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Oxford Area Arts Council, originally listed as the Church of St Paul, was built in 1836 based on Ionic designs by architect H J Underwood, with James Johnson as the builder. The building features a tetrastyle Ionic portico and a turret. In 1853, a sanctuary was added, designed by architect E G Bruton, which includes glass by Willement. A vestry was added by H W Moore in 1893, and there were further alterations in 1904 and 1907. The font includes reliefs by Pusey. As of 1971, the building is in extremely bad condition and under threat of demolition, although the facade is to be retained, which is significant for the view looking east up Great Clarendon Street.

Local climate

Oxford Area Arts Council 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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