Memorial Obelisk, Royal Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Kensington and Chelsea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1969. Monument.

Memorial Obelisk, Royal Hospital

WRENN ID

waning-moat-frost

Grade

II

Local Planning Authority

Kensington and Chelsea

Constituency

Chelsea and Fulham MP: Ben Coleman (Lab)

Country

England

Date first listed

15 April 1969

Type

Monument

Address

Memorial Obelisk, Royal Hospital, Royal Hospital Road Sw3

OS grid reference

TQ 281 779

Coordinates

51.48576, -0.15545

Source

Historic England listing

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Description

Local climate

Memorial Obelisk, Royal Hospital sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% 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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2. Pair of Gatepiers to South East of Main Buildings, Royal Hospital Grade II 186 m
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5. Pair of Gatepiers to South West of Main Buildings, Royal Hospital Grade II 189 m
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8. Building to South of Range West of Chelsea Gate Roadway Royal Hospital Grade II* 219 m
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