Balliol College, Library, Front Quadrangle is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. College, library.

Balliol College, Library, Front Quadrangle

WRENN ID
heavy-tin-plover
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, library
OS grid reference
SP 513 064
Coordinates
51.7547, -1.25753
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Balliol College Library, located in the Front Quadrangle, dates back to 1485. The western part of the library was built in 1431, while the eastern part was constructed between 1477 and 1490. The south front of the library was partially refaced in Clipsham stone in 1905, and the north front was also refaced in 1905.

Local climate

Balliol College, Library, Front 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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