The Queens College, North Range (Including Hall and Chapel) is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A 1714-1719 College north range (including Hall and Chapel).

The Queens College, North Range (Including Hall and Chapel)

WRENN ID
shifting-quoin-clover
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 north range (including Hall and Chapel)
Address
The Queens College, North Range (Including Hall and Chapel), Front Quadrangle
OS grid reference
SP 518 063
Coordinates
51.75327, -1.2509
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Queen's College North Range, which includes the Hall and Chapel, was built between 1714 and 1719 by William Townesend. The Hall is located on the west side, while the Chapel is on the east, with a passageway between them leading to the North Quadrangle. The Hall was completed in 1715, and the Chapel was finished in 1719. The building was refaced in Bath stone in 1884, and the bell turret and cupola were rebuilt in Clipsham stone in 1911. The interior features decoration by Townesend, a painting from around 1716 by James Thornhill, and medieval glass from the old chapel that was rearranged by Joshua Price, who also added his own work between 1715 and 1717. Additional glass was created by Abraham van Linge in 1635. The screen and reredos were designed by Townesend, and there is a 17th-century lectern present.

Local climate

The Queens College, North Range (Including Hall and Chapel) 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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