Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1953. Monument.
Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- solemn-trefoil-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1953
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Obelisk, Tixall
- OS grid reference
- SJ 976 226
- Coordinates
- 52.80128, -2.03643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk is a hexagonal sandstone structure situated on a step, inscribed with "1770. Stafford 3½ miles."
Local climate
Obelisk receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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