Monumental Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1986. Monument.
Monumental Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- hushed-cornice-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1986
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monumental Obelisk, Combermere Park, Marbury and District
- OS grid reference
- SJ 575 447
- Coordinates
- 52.99827, -2.63383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monumental obelisk dedicated to Field Marshal Viscount Combermere was erected in 1890 and is located in Combermere Park, Marbury cum Quoisley. It is constructed from Keuper and bunter sandstones. The obelisk stands on a deep square plinth with banded rustication, which supports two chamfered steps leading to the base of the monument. The base features clasping buttresses at the corners and a cyma-moulded cornice above.
Above this, a further chamfered step supports the colossal obelisk, which has aedicular window surrounds with rudimentary classical detailing located approximately halfway up each side, set upon a cyma-moulded string course. Each side of the base has a panel of red bunter sandstone; the south side contains a doorway, while the north side bears a memorial inscription. This inscription includes the coat of arms of the Cottons on the left and the words "IN MEMORY OF FIELD MARSHAL VISCOUNT COMBERMERE G:G:B. K:S:I. K:T:S. G:G:H. P:G BORN 1773 DIED 1865." on the right. The monument was erected by the direction of his widow, Mary Viscountess Combermere, who died in 1889. The design of this obelisk is similar to that created by Sir Robert Smirke for the Duke of Wellington, which was erected in Phoenix Park, Dublin between 1817 and 1822.
Local climate
Monumental Obelisk receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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