St Johns College, North Range Including Chapel and Hall is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A C15 College.

St Johns College, North Range Including Chapel and Hall

WRENN ID
watchful-sandstone-willow
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
Address
St Johns College, North Range Including Chapel and Hall, Front Quadrangle
OS grid reference
SP 512 066
Coordinates
51.75634, -1.25874
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St John's College, built in 1485, features a North Range that includes the Chapel and Hall. The Hall is located on the west side, while the Chapel is on the east, with a passageway between them. The Buttery and Kitchen are situated to the north-west of the Hall. The Chapel was consecrated in 1550, and the Baylie Chapel was added at the north-east angle between 1662 and 1669, later refitted in 1949. The entire structure was remodeled by Edward Blore in 1843. The eastern part of the Hall was built in 1502, with the western bay added in 1616. A stone screen, designed by James Gibbs and constructed by William Townesend in 1743, was moved back to the west in 1935. The chimneypiece, also by William Townesend, was completed in 1731 at the expense of John Preston. The panelling dates from 1744, and the ceiling is from 1730. The western part of the building was constructed in the 15th century, with a cellar below that likely belonged to the previous Hall of St Bernard's College, established in 1437. The room above the Buttery, now serving as a gallery for the Hall, features 18th-century panelling.

Local climate

St Johns College, North Range Including Chapel and Hall 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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