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

New College, South Range

WRENN ID
grey-gable-crow
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Academic building
Address
New College, South Range, Garden Quadrangle
OS grid reference
SP 518 064
Coordinates
51.75391, -1.2509
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

New College's South Range, built in 1485, features a west part constructed between 1682 and 1683 by mason William Byrd. An addition was made to the south at the west end in 1912. The recessed eastern block was erected in 1700 by builders Richard Piddington and George Smith. The interiors include some 18th-century panelling.

Local climate

New 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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