Radcliffe Science Library is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Library. 9 related planning applications.

Radcliffe Science Library

WRENN ID
lapsed-paling-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Library
Address
Radcliffe Science Library, South Parks Road, OX1 3QP
OS grid reference
SP 514 068
Coordinates
51.75792, -1.25575
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Radcliffe Science Library is a building located on South Parks Road, constructed in 1901. It was designed by Sir T G Jackson and built using Doulting ashlar at the expense of the Draper's Company. The main block faces South Parks Road. A new wing, which faces Parks Road, was added in 1933-34, designed by Sir Hubert Worthington and built with Bladon stone and Clipsham stone dressings.

Local climate

Radcliffe Science 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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