Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1991. Market obelisk.

Obelisk

WRENN ID
shadowed-oriel-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 December 1991
Type
Market obelisk
Address
Obelisk, Market Place
OS grid reference
SD 540 293
Coordinates
53.75888, -2.69907
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The obelisk in Preston is a market obelisk dating from 1782. It was dismantled and removed in 1853 but was restored and re-erected in 1979. The structure is made of sandstone ashlar and features a clustered shaft with a moulded base and collar, stiff-leaf decoration at the cap, and a square cornice. It stands on three new steps and a square renewed pedestal. There is an inscribed plaque on the south side of the pedestal that commemorates the occasion of its unveiling by Her Majesty the Queen in 1979.

Local climate

Obelisk sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 33,34, Market Place Grade II 44 m
  2. Harris Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery Grade I 59 m
  3. Preston War Memorial Grade I 64 m
  4. Miller Arcade Grade II 68 m
  5. Waterstones Bookshop Grade II 79 m
  6. Two Sets of Railings, Lamps and Bollards in Front of Miller Arcade Grade II 90 m
  7. Sessions House Grade II* 90 m
  8. Post Office and Attached Railings Grade II 94 m
  9. Group of Nine Telephone Kiosks Outside Head Post Office Grade II 101 m
  10. 20,22, Lancaster Road Grade II 105 m