Brasenose College, Chapel, Second Quadrangle is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Late Medieval College chapel. 18 related planning applications.

Brasenose College, Chapel, Second Quadrangle

WRENN ID
dreaming-tower-cedar
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 chapel
Period
Late Medieval
Address
Brasenose College, Chapel, Second Quadrangle, OX1 4AJ
OS grid reference
SP 515 062
Coordinates
51.7529, -1.25439
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brasenose College Chapel, located in the Second Quadrangle, dates back to 1485. It features a reused roof from the 15th century, likely crafted by Humphrey Coke, originally from St Mary's College, along with a plaster vault created in 1659. The carver Simon White worked on the chapel, and the panelling was done by John Wild of London. The roof has undergone repairs in 1744, 1859, and 1895, while both the roof and walls were repaired in 1779, 1819, and between 1848 and 1869. The eastern side of the chapel has been refaced.

Local climate

Brasenose College, Chapel, Second 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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