Trinity College, South Boundary Wall of Garden Forming the Boundary with the Bodleian Library is a Grade II listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. Wall.
Trinity College, South Boundary Wall of Garden Forming the Boundary with the Bodleian Library
- WRENN ID
- lost-plaster-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1954
- Type
- Wall
- OS grid reference
- SP 514 065
- Coordinates
- 51.75528, -1.25555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The south boundary wall of the garden at Trinity College dates back to the 18th century or earlier. It is constructed of rubble walling. On the outer side of the wall, there is a reset 13th-century arcading or archway that was erected around 1800. This wall forms the boundary with the Bodleian Library.
Local climate
Trinity College, South Boundary Wall of Garden Forming the Boundary with the Bodleian 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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