Exeter College, Library, Fellows Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1968. A 19th century Library. 20 related planning applications.

Exeter College, Library, Fellows Garden

WRENN ID
stony-pavement-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1968
Type
Library
Period
19th century
Address
Exeter College, Library, Fellows Garden, OX1 3DP
OS grid reference
SP 514 063
Coordinates
51.75381, -1.25537
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Exeter College Library, located in the Fellows' Garden, dates back to 1485. It was rebuilt by the architect George Gilbert Scott between 1856 and 1857, using Bath stone.

Local climate

Exeter College, Library, Fellows Garden 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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