The Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1983. Monument. 1 related planning application.

The Obelisk

WRENN ID
sacred-pilaster-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1983
Type
Monument
Address
The Obelisk, Belgrave Avenue, Eaton and Eccleston
OS grid reference
SJ 409 607
Coordinates
53.14092, -2.88479
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Obelisk is a structure built in 1890 by the architects Douglas and Fordham for the 1st Duke of Westminster. It features a red sandstone shaft that is capped with copper, standing on a square red sandstone plinth. This plinth is set upon a grey stone stepped base. On the east and west faces of the plinth, there are blue and gold mosaic emblems within stone wreaths; the east side displays the Grosvenor sheaf, while the west side features a portcullis and chain.

Local climate

The Obelisk receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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