Obelisk Lodge and Attached Screen Walls, at SE 406 18 is a Grade II* listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. A Georgian Lodge.
Obelisk Lodge and Attached Screen Walls, at SE 406 18
- WRENN ID
- patient-gargoyle-myrtle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Normanton and Hemsworth MP: Jon Trickett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1968
- Type
- Lodge
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Obelisk Lodge and Attached Screen Walls, at SE 406 18, Huntwick with Foulby and Nostell
- OS grid reference
- SE 406 185
- Coordinates
- 53.66213, -1.38602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Obelisk Lodge and attached screen walls are located on the drive to Nostell Park, crossing Featherstone Moor from Pontefract. Built in 1776 by Robert Adam, this lodge is made of sandstone ashlar and features a distinctive narrow pyramid shape with a round-headed archway. The archway is framed by a large Tuscan doorcase topped with a pedimented entablature. A fluted frieze and moulded cornice extend from the pediment, and above it is a blind oeil-de-boeuf. A moulded impost band runs through the archway. The lower part of the pyramid contains accommodation, illuminated by narrow single light windows on the ground floor at the front and on the first floor of the sides, with chimney flues integrated into the pyramid. The apex of the pyramid was missing at the time of the 1986 survey. Each side of the lodge has a short screen wall that ends in a wide square pier. The outer (northern) entrance features wrought-iron double gates with a straight-railing design, lower panels of intersecting segments, small finials and pendants between the railings, and decorative cresting.
Local climate
Obelisk Lodge and Attached Screen Walls, at SE 406 18 receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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