University College, Archway, Forming the South West Entrance of the College Onto Kybald Street is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C17 Archway.

University College, Archway, Forming the South West Entrance of the College Onto Kybald Street

WRENN ID
dusk-loft-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Archway
Address
University College, Archway, Forming the South West Entrance of the College Onto Kybald Street, OX1 4ET
OS grid reference
SP 517 061
Coordinates
51.75185, -1.25242
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

University College features an archway that serves as the south-west entrance onto Kybald Street. This archway dates back to the 17th century and has a moulded four-centred head and jambs. It was reset in its current location in the early 19th century and has been moved again in recent years, specifically between 1955 and 1956.

Local climate

University College, Archway, Forming the South West Entrance of the College Onto Kybald Street 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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