The Obelisk is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. Obelisk.
The Obelisk
- WRENN ID
- tall-eave-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Obelisk
- Address
- The Obelisk, Chequer Square, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 855 640
- Coordinates
- 52.24338, 0.71639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Obelisk is a late 18th-century stone structure located in the center of Chequer Square in Bury St Edmunds. It features a slender, needle-like form set on an elaborately designed base.
Local climate
The Obelisk sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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