Huntsman's Obelisk and Railed Enclosure Approximately 30 Metres North East of Church of Saint Helen is a Grade II listed building in the North East Lincolnshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1986. Monument.
Huntsman's Obelisk and Railed Enclosure Approximately 30 Metres North East of Church of Saint Helen
- WRENN ID
- seventh-flue-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Constituency
- Brigg and Immingham MP: Martin Vickers (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TA 235 033
- Coordinates
- 53.51231, -0.13788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Huntsman's Obelisk is a monument located in a railed enclosure approximately 30 metres north-east of the Church of Saint Helen. It was erected in 1861 in memory of William Smith. The monument features a granite obelisk that stands about 4 metres high, set on a chamfered marble pedestal with two inscribed plaques. The base consists of a chamfered granite plinth. The obelisk is surrounded by a square enclosure measuring approximately 4 metres on each side, which has a flagstone floor and cast iron railings. The railings have ornate corner posts and plain bars, with mid- and top-rails, although the top-rails are significantly damaged. One plaque commemorates Smith, who was the Huntsman to the Earl of Yarborough, and notes that he fell from his horse on April 11, 1845, dying on April 16 at the home of Richard Nainby, who provided the site for the memorial. The second plaque features a 22-line ode to Smith by CHJA.
Local climate
Huntsman's Obelisk and Railed Enclosure Approximately 30 Metres North East of Church of Saint Helen sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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