Jesus College, Boundary Wall Fronting Ship Street to the East of the New Block and Turl Street North of the Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Boundary wall.

Jesus College, Boundary Wall Fronting Ship Street to the East of the New Block and Turl Street North of the Chapel

WRENN ID
calm-spindle-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1972
Type
Boundary wall
OS grid reference
SP 514 063
Coordinates
51.75385, -1.25654
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary wall of Jesus College, dating from the 18th century, is located fronting Ship Street to the east of the New Block and Turl Street north of the Chapel. It is constructed of high stone rubble and features a rusticated gateway at the street corner.

Local climate

Jesus College, Boundary Wall Fronting Ship Street to the East of the New Block and Turl Street North of the Chapel 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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