Old Crowstone is a Grade II listed building in the Southend-on-Sea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1974. Obelisk.
Old Crowstone
- WRENN ID
- odd-storey-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh MP: David Burton-Sampson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1974
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- Old Crowstone, Priory Park
- OS grid reference
- TQ 876 873
- Coordinates
- 51.55399, 0.70513
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Crowstone is a granite obelisk approximately 7 feet tall. It was originally erected on the Chalkwell foreshore in 1755 to mark the eastern limit of the City of London's jurisdiction over shipping in the Thames. In 1950, it was replaced and re-erected at its current location to the west of Prittlewell Priory.
Local climate
Old Crowstone receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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