The structure above is the Martyrs' Memorial, a neo-Gothic edifice which is part of the Church of St Mary Magdalen (which is behind the monument in the photograph). Erected by public subscription and designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1841, it contains statues of the martyrs Latimer, Ridley and Cranmer, and an inscription stating that they died for maintaining sacred truths "against the errors of the Church of Rome".

To the right of the monument is the Randolph Hotel built in 1863.

Then the next building is the Taylor Institute, built in 1841-45 and a rare example in Oxford of neo-Grecian architecture. The four statues standing on top of the four columns represent France, Italy, Germany and Spain, for the Institute was founded, under the will of Sir Robert Taylor, mainly for the study of the languages of these four countries. The building now houses lecture theatres and the Taylorian Library, devoted to books published in the principal European languages.