The Queens College, South Range is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. College building.

The Queens College, South Range

WRENN ID
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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 building
Address
The Queens College, South Range, Front Quadrangle
OS grid reference
SP 517 062
Coordinates
51.75282, -1.25104
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The South Range of The Queen's College, built in 1485, is located in the Front Quadrangle. It features a screen and cupola designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and constructed between 1733 and 1735 by Townesend, with carpentry work by Benjamin Franklin. A statue of Queen Caroline is positioned over the gateway, along with additional statues on the east pediment, all crafted from Portland stone by Henry Cheeve. The cupola was rebuilt in Portland stone in 1909.

Local climate

The Queens College, South 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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