New College, New Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1972. College building. 23 related planning applications.
New College, New Buildings
- WRENN ID
- floating-steeple-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1972
- Type
- College building
- OS grid reference
- SP 517 065
- Coordinates
- 51.75484, -1.25138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
New College's New Buildings were constructed in 1485. The west block was built in 1875, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, using Taynton and Milton stone. The Robinson Tower and Pandy, located to the east of the west block, were completed in 1896, designed by Basil Champneys, and made of Clipsham ashlar. The buildings are four storeys high and feature a gabled slated roof, along with a five-stage gate tower.
Local climate
New College, New Buildings 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 23 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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