The Stanley Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Obelisk.

The Stanley Obelisk

WRENN ID
stubborn-garret-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Obelisk
Address
The Stanley Obelisk, Nether Alderley
OS grid reference
SJ 846 763
Coordinates
53.2836, -2.23235
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Stanley Obelisk is a notable structure dated 1750, commissioned by Sir Edward Stanley. It is made of buff sandstone and features a square base set on a moulded plinth. The south-west face of the base bears the inscription "MDCCL ERECTED BY SIR EDWARD STANLEY BART." Above the base, a projecting moulded shelf supports a very tall, tapering octagonal pillar that culminates in a pointed top. Atop this pillar is a ball that supports the Stanley family's spread eagle emblem.

Local climate

The Stanley Obelisk sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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