War Memorial Obelisk and Kerb, 70 Metres North East of the Castle Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1995. A C19 War memorial.

War Memorial Obelisk and Kerb, 70 Metres North East of the Castle Museum

WRENN ID
drifting-plaster-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Nottingham
Constituency
Nottingham East MP: Nadia Whittome (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1995
Type
War memorial
OS grid reference
SK 568 395
Coordinates
52.95044, -1.1547
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The war memorial obelisk and kerb, located 70 meters northeast of the Castle Museum in Nottingham, was erected around 1880 by the 59th Regiment. It is made of grey granite and features an obelisk set on a tapering square base and pedestal. The memorial is surrounded by a kerb that includes miniature obelisks linked by chains. The pedestal bears an inscription. This memorial commemorates those who were killed during the Afghan campaign from 1878 to 1880.

Local climate

War Memorial Obelisk and Kerb, 70 Metres North East of the Castle Museum sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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