Merton College, East Range, Mob Quadrangle is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Medieval College.

Merton College, East Range, Mob Quadrangle

WRENN ID
muted-corner-elder
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 517 060
Coordinates
51.75088, -1.25221
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Merton College's East Range in Mob Quadrangle was built between 1308 and 1309, with some windows having been restored since then. The northern part of the building features the Treasury, which has a gabled roof made of Taynton stone and includes vaulting. The roof was altered in 1962.

Local climate

Merton College, East Range, Mob Quadrangle 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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