Burnaby Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the Birmingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1970. Monument.
Burnaby Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- solitary-hall-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Birmingham
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood MP: Shabana Mahmood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 January 1970
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Burnaby Obelisk, St Philip's Churchyard B2
- OS grid reference
- SP 069 870
- Coordinates
- 52.48089, -1.8984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Burnaby Obelisk, located in St Philip's Churchyard, is a late 19th-century monument made of Portland stone. It is tall and inscribed on three sides with the name Burnaby, referring to F G Burnaby (1842-1885), and includes the inscriptions "Khiva 1875" and "Abu Klea 1885." The fourth side features an oval portrait medallion.
Local climate
Burnaby Obelisk receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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