School of Agricultural Science is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Educational institution.

School of Agricultural Science

WRENN ID
strange-lantern-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Educational institution
Address
School of Agricultural Science, Parks Road
OS grid reference
SP 514 068
Coordinates
51.75755, -1.25639
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The School of Agricultural Science, originally known as the School of Rural Economy and the School of Forestry, was built between 1906 and 1914 by N.W. and G.A. Harrison. The building features bath ashlar stone with Doulton stone dressings and includes additions made in 1910. It is two storeys high and consists of four bays. The windows on the lower level are three-light mullion and transom style, while the upper level has four-light windows. There is a doorway topped with a broken semi-circular pediment and a parapet with a pedimented design. The roof is tiled.

Local climate

School of Agricultural Science 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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