Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (Old Chemistry Department) is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Laboratory. 4 related planning applications.

Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (Old Chemistry Department)

WRENN ID
riven-portal-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Laboratory
Address
Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (Old Chemistry Department), Parks Road, OX1 3QR
OS grid reference
SP 514 068
Coordinates
51.75816, -1.25547
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, formerly part of the Old Chemistry Department, is a building located on Parks Road. The original structure was the Abbot's Kitchen, built in 1860, designed in an octagonal shape similar to the kitchen at Glastonbury Abbey. This building was extended in 1901 to connect with the Radcliffe Library and is now an annex of the Library, featuring chimneys made of Bath stone. The main part of the current laboratory was constructed in 1878, also using Bath stone, and underwent extensions and reconstruction in 1929. Additionally, the connection between this building and the main block of the Museum was entirely altered by Lanchester & Lodge in 1972.

Local climate

Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (Old Chemistry Department) 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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