Bastion or garden feature, including ramps is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1997. Bastion, garden feature. 1 related planning application.
Bastion or garden feature, including ramps
- WRENN ID
- brooding-thatch-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- City of London
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1997
- Type
- Bastion, garden feature
- Address
- Bastion or garden feature, including ramps, Golden Lane, City and County of the City of London, EC1Y 0TN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 321 821
- Coordinates
- 51.5226, -0.09601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This circular bastion or garden feature, with associated ramps, was constructed between 1956 and 1957 as part of the original design for the Golden Lane Estate, following a 1952 architectural competition. The initial design was by Geoffrey Powell, but the design was further developed and built by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon. The structure is primarily reinforced concrete clad in granite blocks. It comprises a circular bastion with a continuous seat on each side, a paved area in granite setts, and access via steps and a curved ramp with a steel balustrade.
The feature's significance lies in its role within the original layout of the Golden Lane Estate, which emphasized a north-south axis, and its ability to highlight the changes in ground levels. It is a prominent circular element within the formal grid of rectangular blocks, gardens, and terraces that characterize the estate. The design arose from a post-war urban landscape of derelict bombed warehouses, leading to the architects' focus on three-dimensional planning and the blending of picturesque elements with formal geometry, popular in the early 1950s. The design contains no natural elements. The development and importance of the Golden Lane Estate is further detailed in the listing for Great Arthur House.
Local climate
Bastion or garden feature, including ramps sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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 — 11 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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