Magdalen College, The Founders Tower, Great Quadrangle is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A Late C15 Tower.

Magdalen College, The Founders Tower, Great Quadrangle

WRENN ID
errant-wicket-cedar
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Tower
OS grid reference
SP 520 062
Coordinates
51.75223, -1.24681
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Founder's Tower at Magdalen College, located in the Great Quadrangle, was built in the late 15th century. Parts of the tower have been restored, and its exterior was refaced with synthetic stone in 1946.

Local climate

Magdalen College, The Founders Tower, Great Quadrangle 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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