Magdalen College, Cloister, Great Quadrangle is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A {"1823-4 (North front rebuilding)","1825-27 (East and South sides rebuilding)"} College, cloister.
Magdalen College, Cloister, Great Quadrangle
- WRENN ID
- blind-lancet-hazel
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- College, cloister
- Period
- {"1823-4 (North front rebuilding)","1825-27 (East and South sides rebuilding)"}
- Address
- Magdalen College, Cloister, Great Quadrangle, OX1 4AU
- OS grid reference
- SP 521 061
- Coordinates
- 51.75207, -1.2461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Magdalen College Cloister, located in the Great Quadrangle, was built in 1475, with the south side completed in 1490. The west range includes the old library, which features a partly renewed timber roof that likely dates from the early 17th century. The exterior of the north front was rebuilt between 1823 and 1824 using Bath stone, while the east and south sides were updated from 1825 to 1827, designed by architect James Parkinson. Some parts of the cloister were refaced in concrete or synthetic stone in 1946, and the south alley was re-roofed between 1921 and 1922.
Local climate
Magdalen College, Cloister, Great 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 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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