The Queens College, East Range is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A 1485 College.

The Queens College, East Range

WRENN ID
fossil-jade-linden
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
Address
The Queens College, East Range, Back Quadrangle
OS grid reference
SP 518 063
Coordinates
51.75353, -1.25059
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Queen's College East Range, built in 1485, is located in the back (or North) Quadrangle. The Williamson Building, situated to the north and facing Queen's Lane, was constructed in 1672 at the expense of Sir Joseph Williamson, based on a design by Sir Christopher Wren, with Anthony Deane of Uffington as the master mason. The inner side of the East Range was built between 1719 and 1721 on the site of the loggia of the Williamson Building to align with the South Range. During this period, an additional storey was also added to the Williamson Building.

Local climate

The Queens College, East 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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