The Obelisk Immediately West of No 18 is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. Monument. 1 related planning application.
The Obelisk Immediately West of No 18
- WRENN ID
- stark-glass-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- The Obelisk Immediately West of No 18, High Street, Nayland-With-Wissington, CO6 4JF
- OS grid reference
- TL 975 342
- Coordinates
- 51.97153, 0.87413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Obelisk immediately west of No 18 is an 18th-century stone structure located on the east side of High Street in Nayland with Wissington. It features a moulded pedestal plinth and a ball finial. The shaft of the obelisk is inscribed on three sides with mileages: the north face reads "8 miles to Hadleigh," the west face states "55 miles from London - 26 miles from Chelmsford - 22 miles to Bury," and the south face indicates "6 miles to Colchester."
Local climate
The Obelisk Immediately West of No 18 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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