Magdalen Gate House is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. House.
Magdalen Gate House
- WRENN ID
- shifting-chancel-grove
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- Magdalen Gate House, 61, High Street
- OS grid reference
- SP 519 061
- Coordinates
- 51.75198, -1.24822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Magdalen Gate House, located at 61 High Street, is a late 18th-century house facing east. The east elevation features three storeys of ashlar stone with a pediment, stone bands at the first and second floors, and rusticated quoins. It has a moulded eaves cornice and stone-faced stacks. The façade includes five casement windows in tall upright frames, which have blind boxes and glazing bars. A circular lunette is present in the tympanum of the pediment. To the south, there is a three-storeyed ashlar extension that is of lower height. The north elevation has three blind windows on each floor and stone bands. Inside, the house retains original doorcases, chimney-pieces, and a staircase. This section is now known as No 1, Rose Lane. All the listed buildings on the south side form a group.
Local climate
Magdalen Gate House 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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