Corpus Christi College, Cloister, Cloister Quadrangle is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C17 College.

Corpus Christi College, Cloister, Cloister Quadrangle

WRENN ID
pale-gallery-mint
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
OS grid reference
SP 516 060
Coordinates
51.75066, -1.25333
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Corpus Christi College Cloister, located in the Cloister Quadrangle, dates back to 1485. It was rebuilt between 1706 and 1712 in the Baroque style by the mason William Townesend. There are modern additions on the east and west arms of the cloister, and further rebuilding occurred in 1962.

Local climate

Corpus Christi College, Cloister, Cloister 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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