Obelisk 4 Metres South East of Number 4, Rookery Lane is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Obelisk tombstone.
Obelisk 4 Metres South East of Number 4, Rookery Lane
- WRENN ID
- low-mortar-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Obelisk tombstone
- Address
- Obelisk 4 Metres South East of Number 4, Rookery Lane, NG34 8JJ
- OS grid reference
- TF 056 482
- Coordinates
- 53.02142, -0.42672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
An obelisk tombstone, dating from around 1835, is located 4 metres southeast of number 4 on Rookery Lane in Leasingham. It is made of ashlar and red polished granite and has a square plan. The structure features three ashlar steps leading up to a polished red granite square base, which is inscribed with the names of Richard Wharton Myddleton, who died in 1835, and his wife Frances Penelope Myddleton, who died in 1873. Above this base, a tall obelisk rises to a height of four metres. Richard Myddleton chose to be buried in what was then the garden of his home, Leasingham Hall, following a dispute with the local Rector. Note that number 4, Rookery Lane is not included in this listing.
Local climate
Obelisk 4 Metres South East of Number 4, Rookery Lane 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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