University College, The Main Library is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1968. Library.

University College, The Main Library

WRENN ID
north-joist-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1968
Type
Library
OS grid reference
SP 517 061
Coordinates
51.75206, -1.25244
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Main Library at University College was built in 1861 to designs by Sir Gilbert Scott and is constructed from Bath stone. An upper floor was added in 1937.

Local climate

University College, The Main Library 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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