Bastion 21 is a Grade I listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1954. A 1485 Bastion.

Bastion 21

WRENN ID
weathered-fireplace-sedge
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Oxford
Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon MP: Layla Moran (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1954
Type
Bastion
OS grid reference
SP 515 059
Coordinates
51.75013, -1.25398
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bastion 21 is a section of the city wall built in 1485, located within Corpus Christi College. It has been refaced with ashlar stone.

Local climate

Bastion 21 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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Nearby listed buildings

  1. Wall, East of Bastion 21 Grade I 35 m
  2. Corpus Christi College, Presidents Lodging Grade II 39 m
  3. Cathedral Church Grade I 49 m
  4. Corpus Christi College, Fellows Building, Cloister Quadrangle Grade I 64 m
  5. Corpus Christi College, Library Grade I 67 m
  6. Christ Church Picture Gallery Grade II* 67 m
  7. Corpus Christi College, Boundary Wall Fronting Merton Grove on East of Garden Grade II 72 m
  8. Corpus Christi College, Cloister, Cloister Quadrangle Grade I 74 m
  9. Corpus Christi College, Chapel Grade I 77 m
  10. The Chapter House and Dorter Range to South of Cathedral Grade I 80 m