University of Oxford, St Cross Building is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1993. Library, teaching space. 15 related planning applications.

University of Oxford, St Cross Building

WRENN ID
drifting-window-rye
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1993
Type
Library, teaching space
Address
University of Oxford, St Cross Building, Manor Road, OX1 3UR
OS grid reference
SP 520 067
Coordinates
51.75711, -1.24788
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The St Cross Building at the University of Oxford is a Grade II* listed library and teaching space for Law, English, and Statistics, constructed between 1961 and 1965 by architects Sir Leslie Martin and Colin St John Wilson. The building is made of buff brick with a raked joint every third course and features black anodised aluminium, topped with a flat roof. Its compact, interlocking design consists of one to three storeys and includes three libraries of varying sizes and levels, each featuring a double-height top-lit reading room with additional stack space. The building also houses a lecture theatre and other teaching areas. A central external staircase ascends three storeys, providing entrances at each level.

Local climate

University of Oxford, St Cross 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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