North Obelisk in Front of Akeman Street Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Obelisk.
North Obelisk in Front of Akeman Street Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- lunar-gravel-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- North Obelisk in Front of Akeman Street Baptist Church, Tring, HP23 6AA
- OS grid reference
- SP 923 113
- Coordinates
- 51.79292, -0.66267
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The North Obelisk in front of Akeman Street Baptist Church is a memorial obelisk, dating from around 1861, dedicated to Richard Glover, who passed away in the same year and was the pastor when the chapel was rebuilt. This painted stone obelisk is one of two identical memorials that flank the path and face east. It features a short obelisk with a moulded base, set on a tall tapering plinth that has a moulded cap and base, along with an inscription on the east face. The obelisk is surrounded by a low stone border, which includes stone blocks at the middle of each side and small obelisks at the corners.
Local climate
North Obelisk in Front of Akeman Street Baptist Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2016
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