Magdalen College, Wall Fronting the High Street Between Longwall Street and the College Entrance is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. Wall.
Magdalen College, Wall Fronting the High Street Between Longwall Street and the College Entrance
- WRENN ID
- salt-foundation-fog
- 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 519 062
- Coordinates
- 51.7523, -1.2483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Magdalen College features a wall that dates back to 1485, located along the High Street between Longwall Street and the college entrance. This wall is constructed from stone and has a plinth base with low piers. An iron screen that was previously part of the structure has been removed.
Local climate
Magdalen College, Wall Fronting the High Street Between Longwall Street and the College Entrance 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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