Brasenose College Staircase 16, 17 and 18 is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1998. College, student accommodation.

Brasenose College Staircase 16, 17 and 18

WRENN ID
haunted-pedestal-river
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1998
Type
College, student accommodation
Address
Brasenose College Staircase 16, 17 and 18, High Street
OS grid reference
SP 515 062
Coordinates
51.75267, -1.25517
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brasenose College Staircase 16, 17, and 18 is a block of student rooms completed in 1961, designed by Powell and Moya. The building features Portland stone ashlar, concrete, lead cladding, and lead-covered roofs on the taller block, while the lower block has pebble-covered roofs. The taller section consists of 4 to 5 storeys and includes 4 bays that alternate between recessed and projecting. The projecting bays have stone-clad walls and lead cladding on the south side. Large windows are present throughout, and the projecting bays have monopitched roofs. Attached to this is a low block of one storey, which includes rooms that are set forward and backward, featuring floor-to-ceiling windows facing west, interspersed with sections of unbroken stone wall.

Local climate

Brasenose College Staircase 16, 17 and 18 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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