Obelisk, North East of Chancel Commemorating George Wray and Ann Wray is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. Monument.

Obelisk, North East of Chancel Commemorating George Wray and Ann Wray

WRENN ID
weathered-gravel-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 December 1978
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
TL 708 069
Coordinates
51.73536, 0.47302
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century tall stone obelisk located to the north-east of the chancel, commemorating George Wray and Ann Wray. The obelisk stands on a base with indented angles and features inscribed faces, although the inscriptions are mostly illegible. At the top, there is a cornice moulding. Each face of the obelisk is adorned with an oval relief that includes carved draped urns. The structure is surmounted by a draped urn.

Local climate

Obelisk, North East of Chancel Commemorating George Wray and Ann Wray sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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