Pembroke College, Wall Forming West Boundary of Back Quadrangle is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Wall.

Pembroke College, Wall Forming West Boundary of Back Quadrangle

WRENN ID
wild-tallow-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
Wall
OS grid reference
SP 512 059
Coordinates
51.75019, -1.25917
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall forming the west boundary of the back quadrangle at Pembroke College dates from the 18th century and earlier. It is a high wall constructed of rubble.

Local climate

Pembroke College, Wall Forming West Boundary of Back 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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