Bastion is a Grade I listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1954. A Medieval Bastion. 6 related planning applications.
Bastion
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-parapet-scarlet
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1954
- Type
- Bastion
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Bastion, West Street, Stamford, PE9 2PR
- OS grid reference
- TF 025 069
- Coordinates
- 52.65084, -0.48613
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a bastion, dating to 1671. It forms the west tower of the medieval town walls, close to the former site of St Peter's Gate, situated at an angle to West Street. The structure is built of coursed rubble and stands three stages high. A single slit window is located in the top stage.
Local climate
Bastion 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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