Worcester College, Gateway on Walton Street to the North of the North Range is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Medieval Gateway.

Worcester College, Gateway on Walton Street to the North of the North Range

WRENN ID
buried-vault-wren
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Gateway
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
SP 509 065
Coordinates
51.75518, -1.26326
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Worcester College features a gateway on Walton Street, built in the 15th century. It is located on the northeast site within the boundary wall of the college. The gateway displays three shields of arms representing the Abbeys of Winchcombe, St Albans, and Ramsey.

Local climate

Worcester College, Gateway on Walton Street to the North of the North Range 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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