Oriel College, South Range is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Medieval College.
Oriel College, South Range
- WRENN ID
- stranded-kitchen-barley
- 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
- Address
- Oriel College, South Range, St Marys Quadrangle
- OS grid reference
- SP 516 061
- Coordinates
- 51.75208, -1.25355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oriel College's South Range dates back to 1485. The western part of the building is from the mid-15th century, while the eastern part, which includes the Hall and Chapel of St Mary's College, was rebuilt between 1639 and 1640. The eastern section now serves as the Junior Common Room and Junior Library.
Local climate
Oriel College, South Range 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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