Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1972. Monument.
Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- calm-pier-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1972
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Obelisk, the Howdale, Downham Market, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TF 616 030
- Coordinates
- 52.60146, 0.38594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk is a 19th-century structure featuring a square stone base with enriched capping and a pyramidal steeple. It stands approximately 9 feet tall and was formerly connected to the town pump, located in the Market place.
Local climate
Obelisk sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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