Obelisk in Garden Circ 20 Metres West of Bushell's Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1966. Monument.

Obelisk in Garden Circ 20 Metres West of Bushell's Hospital

WRENN ID
rusted-wattle-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1966
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
SD 559 368
Coordinates
53.82625, -2.67042
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The obelisk, dated 1841 by inscription, is located approximately 20 metres west of Bushell's Hospital in Goosnargh. It is made of dressed sandstone and features a square pedestal with a moulded base and cap, along with a fielded panel on each side. The obelisk itself has a moulded base and a ball at each corner, on which the needle appears to stand. The panel on the east side of the pedestal reads:

THIS OBELISK/ WAS ERECTED/ A.D. 1841/ WHEN THE HOSPITAL/ OF/ GOOSNARGH/ WAS ENLARGED/ AS A RECORD TO THE/ MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM BUSHELL M.D./ ITS BENEVOLENT FOUNDER.

Local climate

Obelisk in Garden Circ 20 Metres West of Bushell's Hospital 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.

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