Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the St. Helens local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1966. Monument.

Obelisk

WRENN ID
heavy-footing-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St. Helens
Constituency
St Helens North MP: David Baines (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 February 1966
Type
Monument
Address
Obelisk, Market Place
OS grid reference
SJ 574 953
Coordinates
53.45295, -2.64183
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The obelisk is an 18th-century structure made of granite. It stands on three octagonal steps and a plinth that features a heavy cornice. The obelisk itself has raised panels. Originally located at Risley, it was moved to the churchyard of St. Peter's in Newton-le-Willows in 1819, and then to its current site in 1897.

Local climate

Obelisk sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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