Merton College, Screen on South Side of St Albans Quadrangle is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Screen.

Merton College, Screen on South Side of St Albans Quadrangle

WRENN ID
forbidden-rood-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
Screen
OS grid reference
SP 517 060
Coordinates
51.75115, -1.2513
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Merton College features a screen on the south side of St Alban's Quadrangle, dating back to 1485. This screen was likely designed in 1907 by Basil Champneys, alongside the rest of the quadrangle. It is made of wrought iron and includes gates.

Local climate

Merton College, Screen on South Side of St Albans 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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