Magdalen College School South West Building is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1950. School.

Magdalen College School South West Building

WRENN ID
distant-lantern-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1950
Type
School
Address
Magdalen College School South West Building, High Street, Brackley
OS grid reference
SP 585 369
Coordinates
52.02781, -1.14791
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Magdalen College School's south-west building is located on Brackley High Street. The school was founded in 1548 and reorganised in 1860. The building features a range facing west, which includes the remains of a partly rebuilt early structure in the center and a section built in 1896 to the right, adorned with the shield of arms of Magdalen College. The early part, dating from the 16th to 17th century, has a stone stack with two diagonally set moulded brick shafts. At eaves level, there is a gable with stone coping, a finial, and a two-light stone mullioned window. The remainder of the building is primarily 19th century, likely constructed between 1870 and 1880 by architect C.I. Bather from Shrewsbury, and features two storeys of coursed rubble with "Tudor" headed stone windows that have square labels.

Local climate

Magdalen College School South West Building 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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