All Souls College, East and West Ranges of the North Quadrangle is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Medieval College.

All Souls College, East and West Ranges of the North Quadrangle

WRENN ID
tangled-bronze-ridge
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
Period
Medieval
OS grid reference
SP 516 063
Coordinates
51.75348, -1.25272
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

All Souls College features the East and West Ranges of the North Quadrangle, built starting in 1485. The East range includes a central block and a south tower completed in 1716, a north tower and its staircase finished in 1720, and a south block from 1724. The north block was constructed between 1720 and 1748, with Townesend as the mason. The twin towers were rebuilt between 1902 and 1906 using Clipsham stone. The colonnade or cloister on the west side is Gothic on the outside and classical on the inside, with the north half completed in 1728 and the south half in 1734, built by William King. The iron gate was designed by Hawksmoor. The walls are made of Headington and Burford Stone, which were refaced on the street side in Box Ground stone around 1850 and have since been patched.

Local climate

All Souls College, East and West Ranges of the North Quadrangle 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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